__________________________________________________________________ Title: The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible (1901) Creator(s): Anonymous Rights: Public Domain CCEL Subjects: All; Bible; Old Testament; New Testament LC Call no: BS185 LC Subjects: The Bible Modern texts and versions English __________________________________________________________________ PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF A.D. 1885 THE Revision of the Authorised Version was undertaken in consequence of a Resolution passed by both houses of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, as has been fully explained in the Preface to the Revised Version of the New Testament, which was first published in May 1881. When the two Companies were appointed for carrying out this work, the following General Principles, among others, were laid down by the Revision Committee of Convocation for their guidance:-- "1. To introduce as few alterations as possible into the Text of the Authorised Version consistently with faithfulness." "2. To limit, as far as possible, the expression of such alterations to the language of the Authorised and earlier English Versions." "4. That the Text to be adopted be that for which the evidence is decidedly preponderating; and that when the Text so adopted differs from that from which the Authorised Version was made, the alteration be indicated in the margin." "7. To revise the headings of chapters and pages, paragraphs, italics, and punctuation." In order to show the manner in which the Old Testament Company have endeavoured to carry out their instructions, it will be convenient to treat the subjects mentioned in the foregoing rules in a somewhat different order. It will be observed that in Rule 4 the word "Text" is used in a different sense from that in Rule 1, and in the case of the Old Testament denotes the Hebrew or Aramaic original of the several books. In this respect the task of the Revisers has been much simpler than that which the New Testament Company had before them. The Received, or, as it is commonly called, the Massoretic Text of the Old Testament Scriptures has come down to us in manuscripts which are of no very great antiquity, and which all belong to the same family or recension. [1] That other recensions were at one time in existence is probable from the variations in the Ancient Versions, the oldest of which, namely the Greek or Septuagint, was made, at least in part, some two centuries before the Christian era. But as the state of knowledge on the subject is not at present such as to justify any attempt at an entire reconstruction of the text on the authority of the Versions, the Revisers have thought it most prudent to adopt the Massoretic Text as the basis of their work, and to depart from it, as the Authorised Translators had done, [2] only in exceptional cases. With regard to the variations in the Massoretic Text itself, the Revisers have endeavoured to translate what appeared to them to be the best reading in the text, and where the alternative reading seemed sufficiently probable or important they have placed it in the margin. In some few instances of extreme difficulty a reading has been adopted on the authority of the Ancient Versions and the departure from the Massoretic Text recorded in the margin. In other cases, where the versions appeared to supply a very probable though not so necessary a correction of the text, the text has been left and the variation indicated in the margin only. In endeavouring to carry out as fully as possible the spirit of Rules 1 and 2, the Revisers have borne in mind that it was their duty not to make a new translation but to revise one already existing, which for more than two centuries and a half had held the position of an English classic. They have therefore departed from it only in cases where they disagreed with the Translators of 1611 as to the meaning or construction of a word or sentence; or where it was necessary for the sake of uniformity to render such parallel passages as were identical in Hebrew by the same English words, so that an English reader might know at once by comparison that a difference in the translation corresponded to a difference in the original; or where the language of the Authorised Version was liable to be misunderstood by reason of its being archaic or obscure, or finally, where the rendering of an earlier English version seemed preferable, or where by an apparently slight change it was possible to bring out more fully the meaning of a passage of which the translation was already substantially accurate. It has been thought advisable in regard to the word "JEHOVAH" to follow the usage of the Authorised Version, and not to insert it uniformly in place of "LORD" or "GOD," which when printed in small capitals represent the words substituted by Jewish custom for the ineffable Name according to the vowel points by which it is distinguished. It will be found, therefore, that in this respect the Authorised Version has been departed from only in a few passages, in which the introduction of a proper name seemed to be required. Terms of natural history have been changed only where it was certain that the Authorised Version was incorrect and where there was sufficient evidence for the substituted rendering. In cases of doubt the alternative rendering has been given in the margin; and even where no doubt existed, but where there was no familiar English equivalent for the original word, the Old Version has been allowed to remain, [3] and the more accurate term has been placed in the margin. In some words of very frequent occurrence, the Authorised Version being either inadequate or inconsistent, and sometimes misleading, changes have been introduced with as much uniformity as appeared practicable or desirable. For instance, "the tabernacle of the congregation" has been everywhere changed to "the tent of meeting," on account of Exodus xxv. 22, xxix. 42, 43, and also because "the tabernacle of the congregation" conveys an entirely wrong sense. The words "tabernacle" and "tent," as the renderings of two different Hebrew words, are in the Authorised Version frequently interchanged in such a manner as to lead to confusion; and the Revisers have endeavoured throughout the Pentateuch to preserve a consistent distinction between them. Their practice in regard to the words "assembly" and "congregation" has been the same in principle, although they have contented themselves with introducing greater consistency of rendering without aiming at absolute uniformity. In consequence of the changes which have taken place in the English language, the term "meat offering" has become inappropriate to describe an offering of which flesh was no part; and by the alteration to "meal offering" a sufficiently accurate representation of the original has been obtained with the least possible change of form. As regards the use of words, there are only a few cases in which it has been found needful to deviate from the language employed in the Authorised Version. One of these deviations occurs so frequently that it may be well to state briefly why it was adopted. The word "peoples" was nowhere used by King James's Translators in the Old Testament, and in the New Testament it occurs only twice (Rev. x. 11, xvii. 15). The effect of this was to leave the rendering of numerous passages inadequate or obscure or even positively misleading. Thus in one of the best known Psalms (Ps. lxvii.), where the Septuagint has laoi' and the Vulgate pqpuli, the English had "Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee;" leaving it at least doubtful whether the "nations" of verse 4, or God's people, Israel, be referred to. And in Isaiah lv. 4, "Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people," the word people" is naturally understood by the English reader to refer to Israel. Again, the Hebrew word goyim "nations," which is applied to the nations of Canaan dispossessed by the Hebrews, and then also to the surrounding nations among whom the people of Israel were afterwards dispersed, acquired in later times a moral significance, which is represented in the Authorised Version by the rendering "heathen" or "Gentiles." While recognizing this moral sense of the word, the Revisers have employed it much more sparingly than their predecessors had done. Similarly, the Hebrew Sheôl which signifies the abode of departed spirits, and corresponds to the Greek Hades, or the under world, is variously rendered in the Authorised Version by "grave," "pit," and "hell." Of these renderings "hell," if it could be taken in its original sense as used in the Creeds, would be a fairly adequate equivalent for the Hebrew word; but it is so commonly understood of the place of torment that to employ it frequently would lead to inevitable misunderstanding. The Revisers therefore in the historical narratives have left the rendering "the grave" or "the pit" in the text, with the marginal note "Heb. Sheol" to indicate that it does not signify "the place of burial"; while in the poetical writings they have put most commonly "Sheol" in the text and "the grave" in the margin. In Isaiah xiv. however, where "hell" is used in more of its original sense and is less liable to be misunderstood, and where any change in so familiar a passage which was not distinctly an improvement would be a decided loss, the Revisers have contented themselves with leaving "hell" in the text, and have connected it with other passages by putting "Sheol" in the margin. In connection with this it may be mentioned that "Abaddon," which has hitherto been known to the English reader of the Bible only from the New Testament (Rev. ix. 11), has been introduced in three passages (Job xxvi. 6; Prov. xv. 11, xxvii. 20), where a proper name appears to be required for giving vividness and point. The Hebrew word Ashêrah, which is uniformly and wrongly rendered "grove" in the Authorised Version, most probably denotes the wooden symbol of a goddess; and the Revisers therefore have not hesitated to introduce it as a proper name in the singular (Judg. vi. 25, etc.), with the plurals Asherim (Ex. xxxiv. 13, etc.) and Asheroth (Judg. iii. 7, etc.), following the analogy of the Baalim (Judg. iii. 7) and the Ashtaroth (Judg. ii. 13), which are already familiar. In regard to the language of the Authorised Version, the Revisers have thought it no part of their duty to reduce it to conformity with modern usage, and have therefore left untouched all archaisms, whether of language or construction, which though not in familiar use cause a reader no embarrassment and lead to no misunderstanding. They are aware that in so doing they will disappoint the large English-speaking race on the other side of the Atlantic, and it is a question upon which they are prepared to agree to a friendly difference of opinion. The principle by which they have been guided has been clear and consistent. Where an archaic word or expression was liable to be misunderstood or at least was not perfectly intelligible, they have substituted for it another, in equally good use at the time the Authorised Version was made, and expressing all that the archaism was intended to convey, but more familiar to the modern reader. In such cases the gain was greater than the loss. But in other instances where the word or expression, although obsolete, was not unintelligible, it was thought that the change would involve greater loss than gain, and the old rendering was therefore allowed to stand. More especially was this the case when the archaism was a perfectly correct rendering of the original and there was no exact modern equivalent for it. The principle adopted by the Company will be best illustrated by two typical examples. The verb "to ear" in the sense of "to plough" and the substantive "earing" for "ploughing" were very reluctantly abandoned, and only because it was ascertained that their meaning was unknown to many persons of good intelligence and education. But it was easy to put in their place equivalents which had a pedigree of almost equal antiquity, and it would have been an excess of conservatism to refuse to substitute for an unintelligible archaism an expression to which no ambiguity could be attached. On the other hand the word "bolled" (Ex. ix. 31), which signifies "podded for seed" and is known in provincial dialects, has no synonym in literary English. To have discarded it in favor of a less accurate or more paraphrastic expression would have been to impoverish the language; and it was therefore left, because it exactly expresses one view which is taken of the meaning of the original. One of the few instances in which the language of the Authorised Version has been modified in accordance with later usage is the change of the neuter possessive pronoun from "his" to "its." It is well known that "its" does not occur in the Bible of 1611, and it does not appear to have been introduced into any edition before 1660. But it is found ten times in Shakespeare, and there is other evidence to show that at the time of the Authorised Version it was coming into use. It was found necessary in some cases to substitute "its" for "his" in order to avoid obscurity, and there seemed no good reason, when it was once introduced, for refusing to admit it generally when it referred to purely inanimate objects. In making minor changes, whether in translation or language, the Revisers have followed the example of the translators of the Authorised Version, who allowed themselves in this respect a reasonable freedom, without permitting their liberty to degenerate into license. It will be at once seen that the old division of the books into chapters and verses has been abandoned in favour of the arrangement in paragraphs, the numbering of the chapters and verses being however retained for convenience of reference. Where the change of subject seemed to require a greater break than was marked by the beginning of a new paragraph, it has been indicated by a space before the paragraph. Occasionally the divisions of the chapters in the Authorised Version differ from those in the common Hebrew Bibles. In such cases the variations are given in the margin. In the Psalms, the titles are printed in smaller type, as in some modern English Bibles, which differ in this respect from the edition of 1611. One consequence of the arrangement in paragraphs has been the omission of the headings of chapters, which for other and more important reasons it was thought advisable to abandon, as involving questions which belong rather to the province of the commentator than to that of the translator. With the headings of chapters the headlines of pages naturally disappeared also, and for the same reason. In the poetical portions, besides the division into paragraphs, the Revisers have adopted an arrangement in lines, so as to exhibit the parallelism which is characteristic of Hebrew Poetry. But they have not extended this arrangement to the prophetical books, the language of which although frequently marked by parallelism is, except in purely lyrical passages, rather of the nature of lofty and impassioned prose. In the use of italics the Revisers departed from the custom of the Authorised Version and adopted as their rule the following resolution of their Company: "That all such words now printed in italics, as are plainly implied in the Hebrew and necessary in English, be printed in common type." But where any doubt existed as to the exact rendering of the Hebrew, all words which have been added in order to give completeness to the English expression are printed in italic type, so that the reader by omitting them may be able to see how far their insertion is justified by the words of the original. This of course is especially true of those renderings for which an alternative is given in the margin, where the roman and italic type play exactly opposite parts. To complete the account of the Revised Version it remains only to describe the marginal notes. These will be found to contain 1. The renderings of such variations in the Massoretic Text as appeared to be of sufficient importance. These variations are known by the technical names of K'ri (read) and C'thib (written), which denote that the K'ri, or reading in the margin of the Hebrew Bible, is to be substituted for the C'thib which appears in the written text. The Revisers have generally, though not uniformly, rendered the C'thib in the text, and left the K'ri in the margin, with the introductory note "Or, according to another reading," or "Another reading is." When the K'ri has been followed in the text, the C'thib has been placed in the margin, if it represented a variation of sufficient importance. 2. Alternative renderings, introduced by "Or." These are either different meanings of the word or passage, or they serve to connect it with other renderings elsewhere. 3. Literal renderings of the Hebrew or Aramaic, indicated by the prefix " Heb." or "Aram.' 4. Changes of text made on the authority of the ancient Versions. 5. Readings from ancient Versions which appeared to be of sufficient importance to be noticed. 6. Renderings of the Hebrew consonants as read with different vowel points, or as differently divided. These are introduced by the words "Or, as otherwise read." 7. Marginal references to other passages, which are either strictly parallel, or serve the purpose of illustrating or justifying a particular rendering. 8. Explanations of certain proper names, the meaning of which is referred to in the text. In the Proper Names the Revisers have endeavoured to ascertain the system of transliteration adopted by the Translators of the Authorised Version and to carry it out with somewhat greater consistency. They have not however attempted anything like rigid uniformity, and have left unchanged all those names which by usage have become English; as, for instance, Moses, Aaron, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the like. Among the Rules laid down by the Revision Committee of Convocation for the guidance of the Revisers was one that no change should be finally made in the text of the Authorised Version except by the vote of two-thirds of the Company present and voting; and this Rule has been invariably acted upon. The result has been that in many cases a rendering which was preferred by the majority of the Company voting has been recorded in the margin, the majority not being sufficient to give it a place in the text. But all questions of marginal readings, as well as of punctuation and division into paragraphs, except where these affected the sense of a passage, were decided by a simple majority. It may be of some interest to describe the method observed by the Company in their work, if only to show that every question raised was carefully and deliberately considered. In the first Revision it was the practice for the Secretary to read over each verse, first in the original and then in the Authorised Version: the proposals for change were then taken; first those communicated in writing by absent members, and next those made by the members present. Each proposal was moved, and if seconded was discussed and voted upon; the decision in the first Revision being by a majority only. If a proposal met with no seconder, it was not discussed but allowed to drop. In the second Revision, the Secretary read out in order the changes which had been made at the first Revision; if these were unchallenged they were allowed to remain, otherwise they were put to the vote and affirmed or rejected according as they were or were not supported by the requisite majority of two-thirds. In the second Revision new propositions could only be made by special permission of the Company, and discussion was limited, as far as possible, to exceptional cases. In the final review, which was in reality the completion of the second Revision, the Company employed themselves in making a general survey of what they had done, deciding finally upon reserved points, harmonizing inconsistencies, smoothing down roughnesses, removing unnecessary changes, and generally giving finish and completeness to their work. Everything in this final survey was decided by the vote of a majority of two-thirds. The Revisers had already made some progress, and had in fact gone twice through the Pentateuch, before they secured the co-operation of the American Old Testament Revision Company. The first Revision of the several books was submitted to the consideration of the American Revisers, and, except in the case of the Pentateuch, the English Company had the benefit of their criticisms and suggestions before they proceeded to the second Revision. The second Revision was in like manner forwarded to America, and the latest thoughts of the American Revisers were in the hands of the English Company at their final review. In every instance the suggestions from America were treated with the same consideration as those proceeding from the members of the English Company, and were adopted or rejected on their merits. It was a part of the terms of agreement with the American Company that all points of ultimate difference between them and the English Revisers should be placed on record, and they will accordingly be found fully stated at the end of the Old Testament, or at the end of the several portions, according as the Revised Version appears in one or more volumes. Many of them will be found to be of language which are involved in the essentially different circumstances of American and English readers; others express a preference for the marginal rendering over that given in the text; others again involve a real difference of opinion; but all show that they have been dictated by the same leading principle, the sincere desire to give to modern readers a faithful representation of the meaning of the original documents. It could not but be expected that in the course of fourteen years many changes would take place in the members of the Company. Of the original number who first put their hands to the work on the 30th of June 1870, only fifteen now remain. Ten of the Company have been removed by death, and two resigned: the places of these were filled from time to time by others; but since October 1875 no new members have been added. The Revision was completed in eighty five sessions, ending on 20th June, 1884; and it occupied 792 days. The greater part of the sessions were for ten days each, and each day the Company generally sat for six hours. The labour therefore has been great, but it has been given ungrudgingly; and now with a feeling of deep thankfulness to Almighty God, and the earnest hope that their endeavours may with His blessing tend to a clearer knowledge of the Old Testament Scriptures, the Revisers bring their long task to a close. JERUSALEM CHAMBER, WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 10 July, 1884. __________________________________________________________________ [1] The earliest MS. of which the age is certainly known bears date A.D. 916 [2] See, for instance, 2 Sam. xvi. 12; 2 Chr. iii.1, xxii. 6; Job xxxvii. 7; Ezek. xlvi. 10; Am. v.26; Hag. i.2 [3] As for instance, "coney" (Lev. xi. 5), "fitches"(Is. xxviii. 25,27), "gourd" (Jon. iv. 6). __________________________________________________________________ PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION A few statements need to be made respecting the origin of this edition of the Revised Version of the English Bible. In the course of the joint labors of the English and American Revisers it was agreed that, respecting all points of ultimate difference, the English Companies, who had had the initiative in the work of revision, should have the decisive vote. But as an offset to this, it was proposed on the British side that the American preferences should be published as an Appendix in every copy of the Revised Bible during a term of fourteen years. The American Committee on their part pledged themselves to give, for the same limited period, no sanction to the publication of any other editions of the Revised Version than those issued by the University Presses of England. There still remained the possibility that the British Revisers, or the University Presses, might eventually adopt in the English editions many, or the most, of the American preferences, in case these should receive the approval of scholars and the general public. But soon after the close of their work in 1885 the English Revision Companies disbanded; and there has been no indication of an intention on the part of the Presses to amalgamate the readings of the Appendix, either wholly or in part, with the text of the English editions. The American Revision Committee, after the publication of the Revised Version in 1885, resolved to continue their organization, and have regarded it as a possibility that an American recension of the English Revision might eventually be called for. Accordingly they have been engaged more or less diligently, ever since 1885, and especially in the last four years, in making ready for such a publication. The judgment of scholars, both in Great Britain and in the United States, has so far approved the American preferences that it now seems to be expedient to issue an edition of the Revised Version with those preferences embodied in the text. If the preparation of this new edition had consisted merely in the mechanical work of transferring the readings of the Appendix to the text, it would have been a comparatively easy task. But the work was in point of fact a much more elaborate one. The Appendix was itself in need of revision; for it had been prepared under circumstances which rendered fulness and accuracy almost impossible. This work could of course not be taken in hand until the revision was concluded; and since it required a careful consideration of discussions and decisions extending over a period of many years, there was need of many months' time, if the Appendix was to be satisfactorily constructed, especially as it was thought desirable to reduce the number of recorded differences and this required the drawing of a sharp line between the more and the less important. Manifestly such a task would be one of no little difficulty at the best. But when the time came for it to be done, the University Presses deemed that the impatient demand of the British public for the speedy publication of the Revision must be respected; and they insisted on a prompt transmission of the Appendix. Prepared under such pressure and in such haste, it was obviously inevitable that it should be marked by grave imperfections; and the correction of its errors and the supplementing of its defects has been a work of much time and labor. When the Appendix was originally prepared, an effort was made to pave the way for an eventual acceptance of the American preferences on the part of the English Presses, by reducing the number of the points of difference to the lowest limit, and thus leaving out much the larger part of the emendations which the Revisers had previously by a two-thirds vote pronounced to be in their opinion of decided importance. In now issuing an American edition, the American Revisers, being entirely untrammelled by any connection with the British Revisers and Presses, have felt themselves to be free to go beyond the task of incorporating the Appendix in the text, and are no longer restrained from introducing into the text a large number of those suppressed emendations. The remainder of this Preface has especial reference to the Old Testament. Nothing needs to be said about the various particular proposals which are found in the Appendix of the English Revised Version. But some remarks may be made concerning the General Classes of changes therein specified, and also concerning those emendations in this edition which are additional to those prescribed in the Appendix. 1. The change first recommended in the Appendix - that which substitutes "Jehovah" for "LORD" and "GOD" - is one which will be unwelcome to many, because of the frequency and familiarity of the terms displaced. But the American Revisers, after a careful consideration were brought to the unanimous conviction that a Jewish superstition, which regarded the Divine Name as too sacred to be uttered, ought no longer to dominate in the English or any other version of the Old Testament, as it fortunately does not in the numerous versions made by modern missionaries. This Memorial Name, explained in Ex. iii. 14, 15, and emphasized as such over and over in the original text of the Old Testament, designates God as the personal God, as the covenant God, the God of revelation, the Deliverer, the Friend of his people; -- not merely the abstractly "Eternal One" of many French translations, but the ever living Helper of those who are in trouble. This personal name, with its wealth of sacred associations, is now restored to the place in the sacred text to which it has an unquestionable claim. The uniform substitution of "Sheol" for "the grave," "the pit," and "hell," in places where these terms have been retained by the English Revision, has little need of justification. The English Revisers use "Sheol" twenty-nine times out of the sixty-four in which it occurs in the original. No good reason has been given for such a discrimination. If the new term can be fitly used at all, it is clear that it ought to be used uniformly. The use of "who" and "that" for "which," when relating to persons, should commend itself to all as required by grammatical accuracy. The same remark applies to the substitution of are for "be" in indicative clauses, the omission of "for" before infinitives, and the change of an to "a" before "h" aspirated. The latter change was made in the English Revision of the New Testament, but not in that of the Old. Likewise we have uniformly adopted the modern spelling in place of antiquated forms. No one would advocate the resumption of the exact orthography of the edition of 1611. The mere fact that in a few cases an older form has happened to be retained constitutes no reason for its perpetual retention. 2. Inasmuch as the present edition differs from the English Revision not simply in presenting in the text the American preferences as given in the Appendix, a few remarks may be made with regard to the additional variations which will be found to exist. 1. As has already been intimated, this edition embodies a very considerable number of renderings originally adopted by the American Old Testament Company at their second revision (and so by a two-thirds majority), but waived when the Appendix was prepared. These represent the deliberate preference of the American Company; but, for reasons already assigned, they were not included in the Appendix. 2. Partly coinciding with the foregoing is a number of alterations which consist in a return to the readings of the Authorized Version. While in some cases the older readings, though inaccurate, seem to have been retained in the English Revision through an excessive conservatism, in others they have been abandoned needlessly, and sometimes to the injury of the sense and the sound. In such cases fidelity to the general principle that has governed us has required us to, give the preference to the rendering of the Common Version. Among the many instances of these restorations we may note: Ex. xx. 4, 13; Lev. xix. 22; Ps. xlviii. 1; civ. 26; cxiv. 4; cxvi 11 Prov. xiii. 15; Am. vi. 5. 3. Sometimes we have found occasion to recede from proposals originally made, when a more careful and mature consideration required us to do so. Besides individual cases, like S. of S. vi. 4, 10; Ezek. v.13, may be mentioned the fact that the requirement of the Appendix, that "be ashamed" should everywhere be changed to "be put to shame," has been found to need qualification. While the change seems desirable in a majority of the instances, it is by no means so in all. We have therefore retained "ashamed" in a large number of passages; in some, however, we have preferred "confounded" as better suiting the connection. 4. Very many of the instances in which we have gone beyond the literal requirements of the Appendix are alterations demanded by consistency. Changes were originally proposed in certain passages only, though the reason for the changes equally requires them to be made in numerous others. Thus at Ps. xxxiii. 5, and in twenty-four other places, "justice" was to be put for "judgment." But it is manifest that in a multitude of other passages there is equal need of the same alteration. We have accordingly undertaken to introduce it wherever the Hebrew word plainly has this abstract sense. For the same reason we have substituted "ordinance" for judgment" in the numerous passages, like Lev. xviii. 4, where the word denotes, not a judicial sentence, threatened or inflicted, but a law of action. This rendering of the Hebrew word is found in the Authorized Version in some instances, and has been introduced by the Revised Veision in a few more; but, since the English word "judgment" in common use never denotes a statute or command, it is manifestly desirable that "ordinance" should be used wherever the Hebrew word has this meaning. Similarly, the English Revision in a few cases, and the Old Testament Appendix in a few more, put "despoil" for "spoil." But the same reason which holds for those few is equally good for the numerous others in which this word occurs. The word "spoil" in the Authorized Version represents a great number of Hebrew words, some of which denote "lay waste," "ruin," or "destroy," rather than "despoil"; and as "spoil" has nearly lost in popular use its original meaning, and is liable to occasion misconception, we have replaced it by "despoil," "plunder," ravage, and other terms, each as best adapted to the connection. In like manner we have carried out another alteration which was made to a limited extent by the English Revisers - the distinction between the words "stranger" ("strange"), "foreigner" ( foreign"), and "sojourner." These renderings correspond fairly well to three distinct Hebrew words there is no good reason why the correspondence should not be made uniform throughout. Likewise we have carried out consistently the substitution of "false," "falsehood," and other terms, for "vain," "vanity," where the meaning of the original requires it. Here too a beginning was made by us in the Appendix. Many other examples might be adduced. Here may be mentioned also that changes made for the sake of euphemism have been considerably increased. It has not been possible in every case to find an appropriate substitute for terms which in modern times have become offensive; but when it has been possible, we have deemed it wise to make the change. Some of the words, as, for example, "bowels," are tolerable when used in their literal sense, but offensive when employed in a psychological sense. Thus, no other word would be appropriate in 2 Sam. xx. 10; but in Jer. iv. 19 or Lam. i. 20 to retain that term would be both unpleasant and incorrect. The conception of the writer is not really reproduced by a literal translation. The Hebrews were accustomed to attribute psychical action or emotion to various physical organs, whereas in English such a trope is limited almost entirely to "heart" and "brain." There is nowhere any occasion for using the latter of these in the Bible; consequently it is almost unavoidable that "heart" should often be used as the translation of different Hebrew words. All scholars know that the Hebrew word commonly rendered "heart" is used very largely to denote not so much the seat of the emotions, as the seat of thought. It is rendered in the Authorized Version more than twenty times by "mind," and might well be so rendered much oftener. The word "reins" is one of those which in the Old Testament is used in a psychological relation. This word was retained by the English Revisers, and was also left without mention by the American Revisers when they prepared their Appendix. But if the synonymous word "kidneys" had been used in these passages, there would be an earnest and unanimous protest. In favor of the continued use of "reins," therefore, one can only urge the poor reason that most readers attach to it no meaning whatever. We have consequently regarded it as only a consistent carrying out of our general principle when we have uniformly substituted "heart" for it, whenever it is used in a psychological sense. In this connection it may be remarked that, while the English Revisers, yielding to the urgent representations of the Americans, voted to substitute "its" for "his" or "her" when relating to impersonal objects not personified, the substitution was so imperfectly made that we have had occasion to supplement the work in some two hundred cases. Furthermore, the general intention of the American Revisers to eliminate obsolete, obscure, and misleading terms, has been more fully carried out by replacing some expressions which were left unmentioned in the Appendix; e.g., "bolled" (Ex. ix. 31), "in good liking" (Job xxxix. 4). 5. Closely connected with the foregoing are certain additional alterations which have seemed to be required by regard for pure English idiom. We are not insensible to the justly lauded beauty and vigor of the style of the Authorized Version, nor do we forget that it has been no part of our task to modernize the diction of the Bible. But we are also aware that the rhetorical force and the antique flavor which we desire to retain do not consist in sporadic instances of uncouth, unidiomatic, or obscure phraseology. While we may freely admit that the English of the Scriptures can, as a whole, hardly be improved, yet it would be extravagant to hold that it cannot be bettered in any of its details. What was once good usage is often such no longer; and we can see no sound reason for retaining such expressions as "smell thereto" (Ex. xxx. 38), "forth of" (instead of "forth from"), "inquire at "(1 K. xxii. 5), "a fool's vexation is heavier than them both" (Prov. xxvii. 3), or "when... he be jealous over his wife" (Num. v.30). These are only a few of the many instances of phraseology which there is the best reason for amending. A change of a more general kind is the introduction of a greater degree of consistency and propriety in the use of the auxiliaries "will" and "shall." The latter is certainly used to excess in the Authorized Version, especially when connected with verbs denoting an action of the Divine Being; and the two are also often very inconsistently used, as may be observed in such a striking case as Ps. cxxi. 3, 4. Again, the attempt to translate literally from the original has not infrequently led to Hebraisms which had better be avoided. Many of these have indeed become, as it were, naturalized in our language, and need not be disturbed. But others must be called bad and outlandish. Thus, in Ezek. xx. 17, we read, "mine eye spared them from destroying them," which is a very literal translation of the Hebrew, but very poor English. Scarcely more tolerable is the expression, "that they may be to do the service" (Num. viii. 11), which also comes from over-literalness. To the same class belongs the phrase "by the hand of," as used after such expressions as "Jehovah spake" (or, "commanded"), e.g., in Num. xxvii. 23. This is indeed the literal rendering; but the Hebrew really means simply "through" or "by means of," and is in the majority of these instances in the Authorized Version rendered " by," but sometimes "by the hand of." Manifestly the simpler form is every way preferable; and the change, if any is made, should be in this direction, whereas in the English Revision "by" is, in nine cases out of forty-two, changed to "by the hand of." Similarly, "in the land," in Deut. v. 16 and in several other places, has been changed in the English Revision to "upon the land"; but as "land" is here equivalent to country," "in the land" is clearly the most appropriate. In both these groups of cases we have everywhere adopted the idiomatic English, rather than the slavishly literal, rendering. 6. In introducing certain translations different from those of the English Revised Version, and also not directly or implicitly required by the Appendix, we have been governed by the conviction that, in cases where accuracy and perspicuity clearly required an emendation, we were fully warranted in resorting to it. We have been careful, in making these alterations, to consult the best authorities, and especially the recent carefully revised versions of the German, French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian Bibles. Few certainly will object to such alterations as are found in Dent. xxxii. 14; Judg. v.20; Is. xxx. 32; xxxv. 8; Hos. xi. 2; Mic. i. 6. We have also not hesitated to insert "the" before "Jordan" and other names of rivers. Likewise, as the English Revisers had with good reason removed the fabulous "unicorn" from the Old Testament, we have removed the equally fabulous "dragon," as also the "arrowsnake" of the English Revision (Is. xxxiv. 15) - an animal unknown to zoology, the term having obviously been adopted through a too literal translation of the German word "Pfeilschlange." 7. Another particular in which we have to some extent deviated from the requirements of the Appendix relates to our treatment of the references in the margin to the readings of ancient versions. On account of the extreme difficulty of correcting the Hebrew text by means of those versions, we originally decided that it would be better to make no reference to them at all. The case is radically different from that of the New Testament, where the variant readings are mostly found in Greek Mss. of the New Testament itself. The authorities referred to in the Old Testament are translations from the Hebrew; and though the date of these translations is more ancient than any extant Ms. of the Hebrew Bible, yet there is no means of verifying with certainty the text of these translations; and one can never get beyond plausible conjecture in attempting to correct the Hebrew text by means of these versions. It is one thing to admit that the Hebrew text is probably corrupt here and there; quite another, to be sure how to rectify it. In the English Revision there are frequent references in the margin to the ancient versions. The most of these seem to us at the best of trivial importance, and have been dropped. A few represent only a different vocalization of the Hebrew. A certain number, however, have to do with variations of some importance and such as may, with considerable probability, be conjectured to represent the original Hebrew. We have therefore retained a little more than one-sixth of the references given in the English Revision, but have been careful to designate which of the ancient versions contain a specified reading, instead of making the vague, and often inaccurate, statement that some" or "many" ancient versions present the reading in question. 8. For the sake of facilitating the use of the Old Testament we have provided it with marginal references to parallel and illustrative passages, and with topical headings. In preparing the references we have been assisted by able scholars not connected with the Old Testament Company. The aim has been to illustrate and elucidate the meaning by referring to other passages which, either in word or in thought, bear a resemblance to the one under consideration. Previous lists have been consulted, but they have been carefully sifted, and the effort has been made to omit everything that is irrelevant or misleading. In preparing the headings we have intended, by means of brief but descriptive terms, to enable the reader to see at a glance what the general contents of each page are. Everything that might seem to savor of a questionable exegesis has been carefully avoided. 9. Considerable attention has been paid to the paragraph divisions and to the punctuation. While the English Revisers did well to abandon the older way of making a paragraph of each verse they often went to the opposite extreme of making the paragraphs excessively long, leaving in some cases whole pages without a break, as, for example, at Gen. xxiv. and Num. xxii.-xxiv. We have revised the paragraph divisions throughout, making them generally shorter, and sometimes altering the place of the division. In the matter of punctuation, we have aimed to remove many inconsistencies found in previous editions, and also, while retaining the general system adopted by our predecessors, to make the book conform somewhat more nearly to modern usage. One result is a considerable reduction of the number of colons, which are often replaced by semicolons, occasionally by periods or commas. In some cases a change of punctuation has modified the sense; as, e.g., in Gen ii. 5; xiv. 24; Ezek. xxix. 9, 10. We have also made much more frequent use of the hyphen than has been made in previous editions. In many instances we have recurred to the punctuation of the Authorized Version, especially where the English Revisers have departed from it out of an undue regard to the pausal accents of the Massoretic text; as e.g., in Lev. vi. 7; Zech. xi. 16. Further particulars respecting the points of difference between this edition and the English Revision of 1881-1885 may be learned from the Appendix found at the close of this Testament. Earnestly hoping that our work may contribute to the better understanding of the Old Testament, we commend it to the considerate judgment of all students of the Sacred Scriptures. __________________________________________________________________ Old Testament __________________________________________________________________ The First Book of Moses, called Genesis __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 1 1 ^1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ^2And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters ^3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. ^4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. ^5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. ^6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. ^7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. ^8And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. ^9And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. ^10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. ^11And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so. ^12And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good. ^13And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. ^14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: ^15and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. ^16And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. ^17And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, ^18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. ^19And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. ^20And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. ^21And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good. ^22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth. ^23And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. ^24And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so. ^25And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good. ^26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. ^27And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. ^28And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. ^29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food: ^30and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so. ^31And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 2 2 ^1And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. ^2And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. ^3And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made. ^4These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven. ^5And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth: and there was not a man to till the ground; ^6but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. ^7And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. ^8And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. ^9And out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. ^10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads. ^11The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; ^12and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. ^13And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush. ^14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. ^15And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. ^16And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: ^17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. ^18And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. ^19And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof. ^20And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help meet for him. ^21And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof: ^22and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. ^23And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. ^24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. ^25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 3 3 ^1Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? ^2And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat: ^3but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. ^4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: ^5for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil. ^6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. ^7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons. ^8And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden. ^9And Jehovah God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou? ^10And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. ^11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? ^12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. ^13And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. ^14And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: ^15and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. ^16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. ^17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; ^18thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; ^19in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. ^20And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. ^21And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them. ^22And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever- ^23therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. ^24So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 4 4 ^1And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah. ^2And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. ^3And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto Jehovah. ^4And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering: ^5but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. ^6And Jehovah said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? ^7If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door: and unto thee shall be its desire, but do thou rule over it. ^8And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. ^9And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper? ^10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. ^11And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; ^12when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth. ^13And Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear. ^14Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me. ^15And Jehovah said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Jehovah appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him. ^16And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. ^17And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. ^18And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methushael; and Methushael begat Lamech. ^19And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. ^20And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle. ^21And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe. ^22And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. ^23And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: For I have slain a man for wounding me, And a young man for bruising me: ^24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. ^25And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth. For, said she, God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him. ^26And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh. Then began men to call upon the name of Jehovah. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 5 5 ^1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; ^2male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. ^3And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: ^4and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters. ^5And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. ^6And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enosh: ^7and Seth lived after he begat Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: ^8and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. ^9And Enosh lived ninety years, and begat Kenan. ^10and Enosh lived after he begat Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: ^11and all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years: and he died. ^12And Kenan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalalel: ^13and Kenan lived after he begat Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: ^14and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. ^15And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: ^16And Mahalalel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: ^17and all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. ^18And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begat Enoch: ^19and Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: ^20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. ^21And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: ^22and Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: ^23and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: ^24and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. ^25And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: ^26and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters. ^27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. ^28And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: ^29and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed. ^30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: ^31And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. ^32And Noah was five hundred years old: And Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 6 6 ^1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them, ^2that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose. ^3And Jehovah said, My spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years. ^4The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown. ^5And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. ^6And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. ^7And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them. ^8But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah. ^9These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God. ^10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ^11And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. ^12And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. ^13And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. ^14Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. ^15And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. ^16A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. ^17And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon this earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is in the earth shall die. ^18But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. ^19And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. ^20Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. ^21And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. ^22Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 7 7 ^1And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. ^2Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female: ^3of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. ^4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground. ^5And Noah did according unto all that Jehovah commanded him. ^6And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. ^7And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. ^8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground, ^9there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah. ^10And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. ^11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. ^12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. ^13In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; ^14they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. ^15And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life. ^16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him: and Jehovah shut him in. ^17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. ^18And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. ^19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered. ^20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. ^21And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: ^22all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died. ^23And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark. ^24And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 8 8 ^1And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; ^2the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; ^3and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. ^4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. ^5And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. ^6And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: ^7and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. ^8And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; ^9but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark. ^10And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; ^11and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. ^12And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more. ^13And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dried. ^14And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry. ^15And God spake unto Noah, saying, ^16Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. ^17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. ^18And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: ^19every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark. ^20And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. ^21And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done. ^22While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 9 9 ^1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. ^2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; With all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered. ^3Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; As the green herb have I given you all. ^4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. ^5And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; At the hand of every beast will I require it. And at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man. ^6Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the image of God made he man. ^7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. ^8And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, ^9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; ^10and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you. Of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. ^11And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. ^12And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: ^13I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. ^14And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud, ^15and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. ^16And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. ^17And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. ^18And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. ^19These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth overspread. ^20And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard: ^21and he drank of the wine, and was drunken. And he was uncovered within his tent. ^22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. ^23And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. ^24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him. ^25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. ^26And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant. ^27God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant. ^28And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. ^29And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: And he died. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 10 10 ^1Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, namely, of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. ^2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. ^3And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. ^4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. ^5Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. ^6And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan. ^7And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan. ^8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. ^9He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah. ^10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. ^11Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah, ^12and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city). ^13And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, ^14and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (whence went forth the Philistines), and Caphtorim. ^15And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth, ^16and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, ^17and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, ^18and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad. ^19And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha. ^20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations. ^21And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born. ^22The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram. ^23And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. ^24And Arpachshad begat Shelah; and Shelah begat Eber. ^25And unto Eber were born two sons: The name of the one was Peleg. For in his days was the earth divided. And his brother's name was Joktan. ^26And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, ^27and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, ^28and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, ^29and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. ^30And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. ^31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. ^32These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 11 11 ^1And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. ^2And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. ^3And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. ^4And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. ^5And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. ^6And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do. ^7Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. ^8So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city. ^9Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. ^10These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood. ^11and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. ^12And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelah. ^13and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. ^14And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: ^15and Shelah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. ^16And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: ^17and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. ^18And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: ^19and Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. ^20And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: ^21and Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. ^22And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: ^23and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. ^24And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: ^25and Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. ^26And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. ^27Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran begat Lot. ^28And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. ^29And Abram and Nahor took them wives: The name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. ^30And Sarai was barren; She had no child. ^31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. ^32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 12 12 ^1Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee: ^2and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing; ^3and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed. ^4So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. ^5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. ^6And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. ^7And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him. ^8And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah. ^9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. ^10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land. ^11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: ^12and it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. ^13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee. ^14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. ^15And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. ^16And he dealt well with Abram for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels. ^17And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. ^18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? ^19why saidst thou, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. ^20And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 13 13 ^1And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South. ^2And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. ^3And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai, ^4unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah. ^5And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. ^6And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. ^7And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land. ^8And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we are brethren. ^9Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. If thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if thou take the right hand, then I will go to the left. ^10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar. ^11So Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. ^12Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. ^13Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly. ^14And Jehovah said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward: ^15for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. ^16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: So that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered. ^17Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it. ^18And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 14 14 ^1And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, ^2that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar). ^3All these joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea). ^4Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. ^5And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, ^6and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness. ^7And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar. ^8And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar); and they set the battle in array against them in the vale of Siddim; ^9against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five. ^10Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain. ^11And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. ^12And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. ^13And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew: now he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram. ^14And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. ^15And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. ^16And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. ^17And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh (the same is the King's Vale). ^18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High. ^19And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth: ^20and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all. ^21And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. ^22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, ^23that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: ^24save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 15 15 ^1After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. ^2And Abram said, O Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? ^3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. ^4And, behold, the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir; But he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. ^5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. ^6And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness. ^7And he said unto him, I am Jehovah that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. ^8And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? ^9And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. ^10And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other: but the birds divided he not. ^11And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. ^12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. ^13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; ^14and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. ^15But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. ^16And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full. ^17And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces. ^18In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: ^19the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, ^20and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, ^21and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 16 16 ^1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. ^2And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. ^3And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. ^4And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. ^5And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into they bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and thee. ^6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face. ^7And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. ^8And he said, Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai. ^9And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. ^10And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. ^11And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah hath heard thy affliction. ^12And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren. ^13And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God that seeth: for she said, Have I even here looked after him that seeth me? ^14Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. ^15And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael. ^16And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 17 17 ^1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect. ^2And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. ^3And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, ^4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations. ^5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee. ^6And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. ^7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. ^8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. ^9And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations. ^10This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised. ^11And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you. ^12And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner that is not of thy seed. ^13He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. ^14And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. ^15And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. ^16And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her. ^17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? ^18And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee! ^19And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him. ^20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. ^21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. ^22And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. ^23And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. ^24And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. ^25And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. ^26In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. ^27And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 18 18 ^1And Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; ^2and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over against him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth, ^3and said, My lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: ^4let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: ^5and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on: forasmuch as ye are come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. ^6And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes. ^7And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hasted to dress it. ^8And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. ^9And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. ^10And he said, I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him. ^11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. ^12And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? ^13And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old? ^14Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son. ^15Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. ^16And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. ^17And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do; ^18seeing that Abraham had surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? ^19For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. ^20And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; ^21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. ^22And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah. ^23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked? ^24Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? ^25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? ^26And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake. ^27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes: ^28peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five. ^29And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake. ^30And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. ^31And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake. ^32And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake. ^33And Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 19 19 ^1And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth; ^2and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. ^3And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. ^4But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter; ^5and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. ^6And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him. ^7And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly. ^8Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing, forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof. ^9And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door. ^10But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. ^11And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door. ^12And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of the place: ^13for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah: and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it. ^14And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for Jehovah will destroy the city. But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that mocked. ^15And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. ^16But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful unto him; and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. ^17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. ^18And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my lord: ^19behold now, thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die: ^20behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape thither (is it not a little one?), and my soul shall live. ^21And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken. ^22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. ^23The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar. ^24Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven; ^25and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. ^26But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. ^27And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Jehovah: ^28and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace. ^29And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt. ^30And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. ^31And the first-born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: ^32come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. ^33And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. ^34And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. ^35And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. ^36Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. ^37And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. ^38And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 20 20 ^1And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar. ^2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. ^3But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken. For she is a man's wife. ^4Now Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation? ^5Said he not himself unto me, She is my sister? And she, even she herself said, He is my brother. In the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this. ^6And God said unto him in the dream, Yea, I know that in the integrity of thy heart thou has done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against me. Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. ^7Now therefore restore the man's wife. For he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live. And if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. ^8And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. And the men were sore afraid. ^9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? And wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? Thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. ^10And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? ^11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place. And they will slay me for my wife's sake. ^12And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife: ^13and it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me. At every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. ^14And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. ^15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee. Dwell where it pleaseth thee. ^16And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee. And in respect of all thou art righted. ^17And Abraham prayed unto God. And God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants. And they bare children. ^18For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 21 21 ^1And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken. ^2And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. ^3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. ^4And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. ^5And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. ^6And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh. Every one that heareth will laugh with me. ^7And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? For I have borne him a son in his old age. ^8And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. ^9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking. ^10Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son. For the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. ^11And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son. ^12And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid. In all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice. For in Isaac shall thy seed be called. ^13And also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. ^14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and gave her the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. ^15And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. ^16And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot. For she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept. ^17And God heard the voice of the lad. And the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not. For God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. ^18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand. For I will make him a great nation. ^19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. ^20And God was with the lad, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer. ^21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. ^22And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest. ^23Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. ^24And Abraham said, I will swear. ^25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. ^26And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing. Neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day. ^27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech. And they two made a covenant. ^28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. ^29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? ^30And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. ^31Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they sware both of them. ^32So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. And Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. ^33And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God. ^34And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 22 22 ^1And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham. And he said, Here am I. ^2And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah. And offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. ^3And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. And he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. ^4On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. ^5And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come again to you. ^6And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. And they went both of them together. ^7And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father. And he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood. But where is the lamb for a burnt-offering? ^8And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son. So they went both of them together. ^9And they came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. ^10And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. ^11And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here I am. ^12And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him. For now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. ^13And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son. ^14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh. As it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided. ^15And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven, ^16and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, ^17that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore. And thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies. ^18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. Because thou hast obeyed my voice. ^19So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. ^20And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children unto they brother Nahor. ^21Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram. ^22And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. ^23And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. ^24And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 23 23 ^1And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years. These were the years of the life of Sarah. ^2And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. ^3And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying, ^4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. ^5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, ^6Hear us, my lord. Thou art a prince of God among us. In the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead. None of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. ^7And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. ^8And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, ^9that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a burying-place. ^10Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, ^11Nay, my lord, hear me. The field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee. In the presence of the children of my people give I it thee. Bury thy dead. ^12And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land. ^13And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. ^14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, ^15My lord, hearken unto me. A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? Bury therefore thy dead. ^16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron. And Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. ^17So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the border thereof round about, were made sure ^18unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. ^19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. ^20And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Heth. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 24 24 ^1And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. And Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things. ^2And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh. ^3And I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell. ^4But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac. ^5And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land. Must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? ^6And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. ^7Jehovah, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spake unto me, and who sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land. He will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence. ^8And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath. Only thou shalt not bring my son thither again. ^9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter. ^10And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed, having all goodly things of his master's in his hand. And he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. ^11And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water. ^12And he said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray thee, good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham. ^13Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water. And the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. ^14And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink. And she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. Let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac. And thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master. ^15And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. ^16And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her. And she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up. ^17And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher. ^18And she said, Drink, my lord. And she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. ^19And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. ^20And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels. ^21And the man looked stedfastly on her, holding his peace, to know whether Jehovah had made his journey prosperous or not. ^22And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold, ^23and said, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in? ^24And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bare unto Nahor. ^25She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. ^26And the man bowed his head, and worshipped Jehovah. ^27And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not forsaken his lovingkindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Jehovah hath led me in the way to the house of my master's brethren. ^28And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house according to these words. ^29And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain. ^30And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me. That he came unto the man. And, behold, he was standing by the camels at the fountain. ^31And he said, Come in, thou blessed of Jehovah. Wherefore standest thou without? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. ^32And the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels. And he gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men that were with him. ^33And there was set food before him to eat. But he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. ^34And he said, I am Abraham's servant. ^35And Jehovah hath blessed my master greatly. And he is become great. And he hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and asses. ^36And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old. And unto him hath he given all that he hath. ^37And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell. ^38But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son. ^39And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. ^40And he said unto me, Jehovah, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way. And thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house. ^41Then shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my kindred. And if they give her not to thee, thou shalt be clear from my oath. ^42And I came this day unto the fountain, and said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go. ^43Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water. And let it come to pass, that the maiden that cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say, Give me, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher to drink. ^44And she shall say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels. Let the same be the woman whom Jehovah hath appointed for my master's son. ^45And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder. And she went down unto the fountain, and drew. And I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. ^46And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. So I drank, and she made the camels drink also. ^47And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him. And I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands. ^48And I bowed my head, and worshipped Jehovah, and blessed Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son. ^49And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. And if not, tell me. That I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. ^50Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from Jehovah. We cannot speak unto thee bad or good. ^51Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as Jehovah hath spoken. ^52And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto Jehovah. ^53And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah. He gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. ^54And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night. And they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master. ^55And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten. After that she shall go. ^56And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master. ^57And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth. ^58And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. ^59And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. ^60And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them. ^61And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man. And the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. ^62And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi. For he dwelt in the land of the South. ^63And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming. ^64And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel. ^65And she said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master. And she took her veil, and covered herself. ^66And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. ^67And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. And he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 25 25 ^1And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah. ^2And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. ^3And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. ^4And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. ^5And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. ^6But unto the sons of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts. And he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. ^7And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years. ^8And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people. ^9And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre. ^10The field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth. There was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. ^11And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi. ^12Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham. ^13And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, ^14and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, ^15Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ^16These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments. Twelve princes according to their nations. ^17And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years. And he gave up the ghost and died, and was gathered unto his people. ^18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria. He abode over against all his brethren. ^19And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham begat Isaac. ^20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife. ^21And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren. And Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. ^22And the children struggled together within her. And she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of Jehovah. ^23And Jehovah said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels. And the one people shall be stronger than the other people. And the elder shall serve the younger. ^24And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. ^25And the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment. And they called his name Esau. ^26And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel. And his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. ^27And the boys grew. And Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field. And Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents. ^28Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison. And Rebekah loved Jacob. ^29And Jacob boiled pottage. And Esau came in from the field, and he was faint. ^30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage. For I am faint. Therefore was his name called Edom. ^31And Jacob said, Sell me first thy birthright. ^32And Esau said, Behold, I am about to die. And what profit shall the birthright do to me? ^33And Jacob said, Swear to me first. And he sware unto him. And he sold his birthright unto Jacob. ^34And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils. And he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 26 26 ^1And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, unto Gerar. ^2And Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt. Dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of. ^3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee. For unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father. ^4And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. ^5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. ^6And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. ^7And the men of the place asked him of his wife. And he said, She is my sister. For he feared to say, My wife. Lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah. Because she was fair to look upon. ^8And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. ^9And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife. And how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die because of her. ^10And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? One of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. ^11And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. ^12And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold. And Jehovah blessed him. ^13And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great. ^14And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household. And the Philistines envied him. ^15Now all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth. ^16And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us. For thou art much mightier than we. ^17And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. ^18And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. And he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. ^19And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. ^20And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him. ^21And they digged another well, and they strove for that also. And he called the name of it Sitnah. ^22And he removed from thence, and digged another well. And for that they strove not. And he called the name of it Rehoboth. And he said, For now Jehovah hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. ^23And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. ^24And Jehovah appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father. Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. ^25And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac's servants digged a well. ^26Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host. ^27And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? ^28And they said, We saw plainly that Jehovah was with thee. And we said, Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee, ^29that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace. Thou art now the blessed of Jehovah. ^30And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. ^31And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another. And Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. ^32And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. ^33And he called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. ^34And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. ^35And they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 27 27 ^1And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My son. And he said unto him, Here am I. ^2And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death. ^3Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison. ^4And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat. That my soul may bless thee before I die. ^5And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. ^6And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, ^7Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death. ^8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. ^9Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats. And I will make them savory food for thy father, such as he loveth. ^10And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death. ^11And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. ^12My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver. And I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. ^13And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son. Only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. ^14And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother. And his mother made savory food, such as his father loved. ^15And Rebekah took the goodly garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son. ^16And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck. ^17And she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. ^18And he came unto his father, and said, My father. And he said, Here am I. Who art thou, my son? ^19And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. ^20And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah thy God sent me good speed. ^21And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. ^22And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father. And he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. ^23And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands. So he blessed him. ^24And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. ^25And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat. And he brought him wine, and he drank. ^26And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. ^27And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son Is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed. ^28And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine. ^29Let peoples serve thee, And nations bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee. ^30And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. ^31And he also made savory food, and brought it unto his father. And he said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. ^32And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau. ^33And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? Yea, and he shall be blessed. ^34When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. ^35And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing. ^36And he said, Is not he rightly name Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two time. He took away my birthright. And, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? ^37And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants. And with grain and new wine have I sustained him. And what then shall I do for thee, my son? ^38And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. ^39And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above. ^40And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother. And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck. ^41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then will I slay my brother Jacob. ^42And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah. And she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. ^43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. And arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran. ^44And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away. ^45Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him. Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day? ^46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 28 28 ^1And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. ^2Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father. And take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. ^3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples. ^4And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee. That thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham. ^5And Isaac sent away Jacob. And he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. ^6Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence. And that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. ^7And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram. ^8And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father. ^9And Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife. ^10And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. ^11And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set. And he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep. ^12And he dreamed. And behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it. ^13And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed. ^14And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. ^15And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee, whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land. For I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. ^16And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Jehovah is in this place. And I knew it not. ^17And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. ^18And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. ^19And he called the name of that place Beth-el. But the name of the city was Luz at the first. ^20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, ^21so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God, ^22then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 29 29 ^1Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east. ^2And he looked, and behold, a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. And the stone upon the well's mouth was great. ^3And thither were all the flocks gathered. And they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in its place. ^4And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we. ^5And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. ^6And he said unto them, Is it well with him? And they said, It is well. And, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. ^7And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together. Water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. ^8And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the sheep. ^9While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep. For she kept them. ^10And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. ^11And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. ^12And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. And she ran and told her father. ^13And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. ^14And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. ^15And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? Tell me, what shall thy wages be? ^16And Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. ^17And Leah's eyes were tender. But Rachel was beautiful and well favored. ^18And Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. ^19And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man. Abide with me. ^20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel. And they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. ^21And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. ^22And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. ^23And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him. And he went in unto her. ^24And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid. ^25And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? Did not I serve with thee for Rachel? Wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? ^26And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born. ^27Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. ^28And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. And he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife. ^29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid. ^30And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. ^31And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb. But Rachel was barren. ^32And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben. For she said, Because Jehovah hath looked upon my affliction. For now my husband will love me. ^33And she conceived again, and bare a son: and said, Because Jehovah hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this son also. And she called his name Simeon. ^34And she conceived again, and bare a son. And said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons. Therefore was his name called Levi. ^35And she conceived again, and bare a son. And she said, This time will I praise Jehovah. Therefore she called his name Judah. And she left off bearing. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 30 30 ^1And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. ^2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? ^3And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain children by her. ^4And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. ^5And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. ^6And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. ^7And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. ^8And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. ^9When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife. ^10And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a son. ^11And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad. ^12And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a second son. ^13And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher. ^14And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. ^15And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes. ^16And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. ^17And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son. ^18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. ^19And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob. ^20And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. ^21And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. ^22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. ^23And she conceived, and bare a son: and said, God hath taken away my reproach: ^24and she called his name Joseph, saying, Jehovah add to me another son. ^25And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. ^26Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee. ^27And Laban said unto him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have divined that Jehovah hath blessed me for thy sake. ^28And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. ^29And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me. ^30For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath increased unto a multitude; and Jehovah hath blessed thee whithersoever I turned: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? ^31And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it. ^32I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. ^33So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that if found with me, shall be counted stolen. ^34And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. ^35And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons; ^36and he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. ^37And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree. And peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. ^38And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink. ^39And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted. ^40And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban's flock. ^41And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods; ^42but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. ^43And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 31 31 ^1And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. ^2And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime. ^3And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. ^4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, ^5and said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me. ^6And ye know that will all my power I have served your father. ^7And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. ^8If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked. ^9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. ^10And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled. ^11And the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I. ^12And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. ^13I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity. ^14And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? ^15Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money. ^16For all the riches which God hath taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. ^17Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels; ^18and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan. ^19Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's. ^20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. ^21So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead. ^22And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. ^23And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead. ^24And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said unto him, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. ^25And Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain: and Laban with his brethren encamped in the mountain of Gilead. ^26And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives of the sword? ^27Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp; ^28and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly. ^29It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. ^30And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? ^31And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force. ^32With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. ^33And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. ^34Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not. ^35And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the manner of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the teraphim. ^36And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast hotly pursued after me? ^37Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two. ^38These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten. ^39That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. ^40Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes. ^41These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. ^42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. ^43And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne? ^44And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. ^45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. ^46And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there by the heap. ^47And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. ^48And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed: ^49and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. ^50If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. ^51And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set betwixt me and thee. ^52This heap be witness, and the pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. ^53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac. ^54And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain. ^55And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed and returned unto his place. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 32 32 ^1And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. ^2And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. ^3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom. ^4And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now: ^5and I have oxen, and asses, and flocks, and men-servants, and maid-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight. ^6And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. ^7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies; ^8and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape. ^9And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Jehovah, who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good: ^10I am not worthy of the least of all the lovingkindnesses, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two companies. ^11Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children. ^12And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. ^13And he lodged there that night, and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother: ^14two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, ^15thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals. ^16And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. ^17And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? ^18then thou shalt say They are thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, he also is behind us. ^19And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him; ^20and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me. ^21So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company. ^22And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok. ^23And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had. ^24And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. ^25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him. ^26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. ^27And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. ^28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed. ^29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. ^30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. ^31And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh. ^32Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 33 33 ^1And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. ^2And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. ^3And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. ^4And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. ^5And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant. ^6Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. ^7And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. ^8And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord. ^9And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let that which thou hast be thine. ^10And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. ^11Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it. ^12And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. ^13And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young: and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die. ^14Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. ^15And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find favor in the sight of my lord. ^16So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. ^17And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. ^18And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city. ^19And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money. ^20And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-israel. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 34 34 ^1And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. ^2And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; And he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her. ^3And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. ^4And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. ^5Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they came. ^6And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. ^7And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. ^8And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife. ^9And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. ^10And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. ^11And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find favor in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. ^12Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. ^13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their sister, ^14and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us. ^15Only on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised; ^16then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. ^17But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. ^18And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. ^19And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father. ^20And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, ^21These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. ^22Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. ^23Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. ^24And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. ^25And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males. ^26And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth. ^27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. ^28They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field; ^29and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and made a prey, even all that was in the house. ^30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. ^31And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot? __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 35 35 ^1And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. ^2Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments: ^3and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. ^4And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. ^5And they journeyed: and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. ^6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him. ^7And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. ^8And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth. ^9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. ^10And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. ^11And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; ^12and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. ^13And God went up from him in the place where he spake with him. ^14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spake with him, a pillar of stone: and he poured out a drink-offering thereon, and poured oil thereon. ^15And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el. ^16And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. ^17And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son. ^18And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. ^19And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem). ^20And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave: the same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. ^21And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder. ^22And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ^23The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun; ^24the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin; ^25and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Naphtali; ^26and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram. ^27And Jacob came unto Isaac his father to Mamre, to Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. ^28And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years. ^29And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of days: and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 36 36 ^1Now these are the generations of Esau (the same is Edom). ^2Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, ^3and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth. ^4And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bare Reuel; ^5and Oholibamah bare Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, that were born unto him in the land of Canaan. ^6And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions, which he had gather in the land of Canaan; and went into a land away from his brother Jacob. ^7For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle. ^8And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. ^9And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: ^10these are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. ^11And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. ^12And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. ^13And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. ^14And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. ^15These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the first-born of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, ^16chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah. ^17And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. ^18And these are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. ^19These are the sons of Esau, and these are their chiefs: the same is Edom. ^20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah, ^21and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan: these are the chiefs that came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. ^22And the children of Lotan were Hori and Heman. And Lotan's sister was Timna. ^23And these are the children of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam. ^24And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; this is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. ^25And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. ^26And these are the children of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran. ^27These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan. ^28These are the children of Dishan: Uz and Aran. ^29These are the chiefs that came of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, ^30chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are the chiefs that came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir. ^31And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. ^32And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. ^33And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. ^34And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. ^35And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. ^36And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. ^37And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead. ^38And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. ^39And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab. ^40And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth, ^41chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, ^42chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, ^43chief Magdiel, chief Iram: these are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 37 37 ^1And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan. ^2These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought the evil report of them unto their father. ^3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors. ^4And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. ^5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. ^6And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: ^7for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. ^8And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? Or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. ^9And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream: and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me. ^10And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? ^11And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind. ^12And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. ^13And Israel said unto Joseph, Are not thy brethren feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. ^14And he said to him, Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well with the flock; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. ^15And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? ^16And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the flock. ^17And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. ^18And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. ^19And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. ^20Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, And evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams. ^21And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life. ^22And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him: that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father. ^23And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him; ^24and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. ^25And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. ^26And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? ^27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him. ^28And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt. ^29And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. ^30And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go? ^31And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood; ^32and they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found: know now whether it is thy son's coat or not. ^33And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat: an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces. ^34And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. ^35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning. And his father wept for him. ^36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 38 38 ^1And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. ^2And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. And he took her, and went in unto her. ^3And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. ^4And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. ^5And she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. ^6And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar. ^7And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah. And Jehovah slew him. ^8And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother. ^9And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother. ^10And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and he slew him also. ^11Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown up; for he said, Lest he also die, like his brethren. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. ^12And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. ^13And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep. ^14And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife. ^15When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face. ^16And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee: for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? ^17And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? ^18And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet and thy cord, and thy staff that is in thy hand. And he gave them to her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. ^19And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. ^20And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. ^21Then he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There hath been no prostitute here. ^22And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, There hath been no prostitute here. ^23And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be put to shame: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. ^24And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. ^25When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff. ^26And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She is more righteous than I; forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. ^27And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. ^28And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. ^29And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself? Therefore his name was called Perez. ^30And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zerah. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 39 39 ^1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither. ^2And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. ^3And his master saw that Jehovah was with him, and that Jehovah made all that he did to prosper in his hand. ^4And Joseph found favor in his sight, and he ministered unto him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. ^5And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field. ^6And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not aught that was with him, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was comely, and well-favored. ^7And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. ^8But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand: ^9he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? ^10And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. ^11And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work; and there was none of the men of the house there within. ^12And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. ^13And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, ^14that she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us: he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: ^15and it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got him out. ^16And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home. ^17And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me: ^18and it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out. ^19And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. ^20And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. ^21But Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed kindness unto him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. ^22And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. ^23The keeper of the prison looked not to anything that was under his hand, because Jehovah was with him; and that which he did, Jehovah made it prosper. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 40 40 ^1And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt. ^2And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. ^3And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. ^4And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he ministered unto them: and they continued a season in ward. ^5And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison. ^6And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were sad. ^7And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in ward in his master's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sad to-day? ^8And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it me, I pray you. ^9And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; ^10and in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and its blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: ^11and Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. ^12And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days; ^13within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thine office: and thou shalt give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. ^14But have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: ^15for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. ^16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head: ^17and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. ^18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days; ^19within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. ^20And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants. ^21And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: ^22but he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. ^23Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 41 41 ^1And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. ^2And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass. ^3And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. ^4And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. ^5And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk, rank and good. ^6And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. ^7And the thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. ^8And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. ^9Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: ^10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker: ^11and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. ^12And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. ^13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. ^14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. ^15And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it. ^16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace. ^17And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river: ^18and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass: ^19and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: ^20and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: ^21and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke. ^22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good: ^23and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: ^24and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me. ^25And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what God is about to do he hath declared unto Pharaoh. ^26The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. ^27And the seven lean and ill-favored kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine. ^28That is the thing which I spake unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do he hath showed unto Pharaoh. ^29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: ^30and there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; ^31and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous. ^32And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. ^33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. ^34Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. ^35And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. ^36And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine. ^37And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. ^38And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is? ^39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou: ^40thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. ^41And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. ^42And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; ^43and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he set him over all the land of Egypt. ^44And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt. ^45And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt. ^46And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. ^47And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. ^48And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. ^49And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number. ^50And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bare unto him. ^51And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, said he, God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. ^52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction. ^53And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end. ^54And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. ^55And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. ^56And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt. ^57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 42 42 ^1Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? ^2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die. ^3And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt. ^4But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest Peradventure harm befall him. ^5And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. ^6And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth. ^7And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them. Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. ^8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. ^9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. ^10And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. ^11We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. ^12And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. ^13And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. ^14And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: ^15hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. ^16Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. ^17And he put them all together into ward three days. ^18And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live: for I fear God: ^19if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses: ^20and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. ^21And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. ^22And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required. ^23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them. ^24And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes. ^25Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provisions for the way: and thus was it done unto them. ^26And they laded their asses with their grain, and departed thence. ^27And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. ^28And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, What is this that God hath done unto us? ^29And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying, ^30The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country. ^31And we said unto him, We are true men; and we are no spies: ^32we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. ^33And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way; ^34and bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land. ^35And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid. ^36And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. ^37And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. ^38And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 43 43 ^1And the famine was sore in the land. ^2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. ^3And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. ^4If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: ^5but if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down; for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. ^6And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? ^7And they said, The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we in any wise know that he would say, Bring your brother down? ^8And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. ^9I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: ^10for except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time. ^11And their father Israel said unto them, If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and myrrh, nuts, and almonds; ^12and take double money in your hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks carry again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: ^13take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: ^14and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. ^15And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. ^16And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, Bring the men into the house, and slay, and make ready; for the men shall dine with me at noon. ^17And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men to Joseph's house. ^18And the men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. ^19And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spake unto him at the door of the house, ^20and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food: ^21and it came to pass, when we came to the lodging-place, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. ^22And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food: we know not who put our money in our sacks. ^23And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. ^24And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. And he gave their asses provender. ^25And they made ready the present against Joseph's coming at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there. ^26And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth. ^27And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? ^28And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance. ^29And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and said, Is this your youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. ^30And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned over his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. ^31And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. ^32And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. ^33And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one with another. ^34And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 44 44 ^1And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. ^2And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his grain money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. ^3As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. ^4And when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? ^5Is not this that in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. ^6And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words. ^7And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing. ^8Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? ^9With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. ^10And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my bondman; and ye shall be blameless. ^11Then they hasted, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. ^12And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left off at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. ^13Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. ^14And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; and he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. ^15And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine? ^16And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found. ^17And he said, Far be it from me that I should do so: the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. ^18Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh, my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant; for thou art even as Pharaoh. ^19My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? ^20And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loveth him. ^21And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. ^22And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. ^23And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. ^24And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. ^25And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food. ^26And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, expect our youngest brother be with us. ^27And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: ^28and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since: ^29and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol. ^30Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; ^31it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol. ^32For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever. ^33Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. ^34For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 45 45 ^1Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood before him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. ^2And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. ^3And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. ^4And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. ^5And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. ^6For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest. ^7And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance. ^8So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. ^9Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not; ^10and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: ^11and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast. ^12And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. ^13And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen: and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. ^14And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. ^15And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him. ^16And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. ^17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; ^18and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. ^19Now thou art commanded, this do ye: take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. ^20Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. ^21And the sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. ^22To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. ^23And to his father he sent after this manner: ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way. ^24So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. ^25And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father. ^26And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he believed them not. ^27And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: ^28and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 46 46 ^1And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. ^2And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. ^3And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: ^4I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. ^5And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. ^6And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: ^7his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons's daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. ^8And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first-born. ^9And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. ^10And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. ^11And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ^12And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. ^13And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron. ^14And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. ^15These are the sons of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. ^16And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. ^17And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel. ^18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. ^19The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. ^20And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare unto him. ^21And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. ^22These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. ^23And the sons of Dan: Hushim. ^24And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. ^25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob: all the souls were seven. ^26All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six; ^27and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. ^28And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. ^29And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. ^30And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive. ^31And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; ^32and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. ^33And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? ^34that ye shall say, Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 47 47 ^1Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. ^2And from among his brethren he took five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. ^3And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers. ^4And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. ^5And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee: ^6the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. ^7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. ^8And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life? ^9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. ^10And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh. ^11And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. ^12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families. ^13And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. ^14And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. ^15And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for our money faileth. ^16And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. ^17And they brought their cattle unto Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year. ^18And when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: ^19wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate. ^20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was sore upon them: and the land became Pharaoh's. ^21And as for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof. ^22Only the land of the priests bought he not: for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them; wherefore they sold not their land. ^23Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. ^24And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. ^25And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. ^26And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh's. ^27And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they gat them possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly. ^28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years. ^29And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt; ^30but when I sleep with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. ^31And he said, Swear unto me: and he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 48 48 ^1And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. ^2And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. ^3And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, ^4and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. ^5And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine. ^6And thy issue, that thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. ^7And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem). ^8And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? ^9And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. ^10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. ^11And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also. ^12And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. ^13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. ^14And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born. ^15And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day, ^16the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. ^17And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. ^18And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head. ^19And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. ^20And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. ^21And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. ^22Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 49 49 ^1And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the latter days. ^2Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father. ^3Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power. ^4Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. ^5Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords. ^6O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked an ox. ^7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel. ^8Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee. ^9Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? ^10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come: And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be. ^11Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass's colt unto the choice vine; He hath washed his garments in wine, And his vesture in the blood of grapes: ^12His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk. ^13Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; And he shall be for a haven of ships; And his border shall be upon Sidon. ^14Issachar is a strong ass, Couching down between the sheepfolds: ^15And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork. ^16Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel. ^17Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse's heels, So that his rider falleth backward. ^18I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah. ^19Gad, a troop shall press upon him; But he shall press upon their heel. ^20Out of the Asher his bread shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties. ^21Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words. ^22Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall. ^23The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecute him: ^24But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel), ^25Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. ^26The blessings of thy father Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. ^27Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning she shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil. ^28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. ^29And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, ^30in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place. ^31there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah: ^32the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth. ^33And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. __________________________________________________________________ Genesis 50 50 ^1And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. ^2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. ^3And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days. ^4And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, ^5My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. ^6And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. ^7And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, ^8and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. ^9And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. ^10And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. ^11And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan. ^12And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: ^13for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. ^14And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. ^15And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him. ^16And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, ^17So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. ^18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we are thy servants. ^19And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? ^20And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. ^21Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. ^22And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years. ^23And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees. ^24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. ^25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. ^26So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. __________________________________________________________________ The Second Book of Moses, Called Exodus __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 1 1 ^1Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob): ^2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, ^3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, ^4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. ^5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already. ^6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. ^7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. ^8Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph. ^9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: ^10come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land. ^11Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses. ^12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. ^13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor: ^14and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor. ^15And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: ^16and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. ^17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive. ^18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive? ^19And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them. ^20And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. ^21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households. ^22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 2 2 ^1And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. ^2And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. ^3And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. ^4And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him. ^5And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it. ^6And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. ^7Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? ^8And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maiden went and called the child's mother. ^9And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. ^10And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water. ^11And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren. ^12And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. ^13And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? ^14And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known. ^15Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. ^16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. ^17And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. ^18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? ^19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock. ^20And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? Why is it that ye have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread. ^21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. ^22And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land. ^23And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. ^24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. ^25And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 3 3 ^1Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb. ^2And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. ^3And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. ^4And when Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. ^5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. ^6Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. ^7And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; ^8and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. ^9And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. ^10Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. ^11And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? ^12And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be the token unto thee, that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. ^13And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say unto them? ^14And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. ^15And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. ^16Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: ^17and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. ^18And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us: and now let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God. ^19And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, no, not by a mighty hand. ^20And I will put forth my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go. ^21And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty. ^22But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall despoil the Egyptians. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 4 4 ^1And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto thee. ^2And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod. ^3And he said, Cast in on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. ^4And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail: (and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand:) ^5That they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. ^6And Jehovah said furthermore unto him, Put now thy hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow. ^7And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. (And he put his hand into his bosom again; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.) ^8And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. ^9And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. ^10And Moses said unto Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. ^11And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? Or who maketh a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, Jehovah? ^12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak. ^13And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. ^14And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. ^15And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. ^16And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God. ^17And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs. ^18And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. ^19And Jehovah said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead that sought thy life. ^20And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. ^21And Jehovah said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go. ^22And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born: ^23and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born. ^24And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him. ^25Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me. ^26So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood art thou, because of the circumcision. ^27And Jehovah said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mountain of God, and kissed him. ^28And Moses told Aaron all the words of Jehovah wherewith he had sent him, and all the signs wherewith he had charged him. ^29And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: ^30and Aaron spake all the words which Jehovah had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. ^31And the people believed: and when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 5 5 ^1And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. ^2And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go. ^3And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto Jehovah our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. ^4And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. ^5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. ^6And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, ^7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. ^8And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. ^9Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying words. ^10And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. ^11Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it: for nought of your work shall be diminished. ^12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. ^13And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. ^14And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and to-day, in making brick as heretofore? ^15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? ^16There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault it in thine own people. ^17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah. ^18Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks. ^19And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, when it was said, Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, your daily tasks. ^20And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: ^21and they said unto them, Jehovah look upon you, and judge: because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. ^22And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou dealt ill with this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? ^23For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath dealt ill with this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 6 6 ^1And Jehovah said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. ^2And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am Jehovah: ^3and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Jehovah I was not known to them. ^4And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned. ^5And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. ^6Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments: ^7and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God, who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. ^8And I will bring you in unto the land which I sware to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am Jehovah. ^9And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. ^10And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^11Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. ^12And Moses spake before Jehovah, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips? ^13And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. ^14These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. ^15And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman; these are the families of Simeon. ^16And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven years. ^17The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families. ^18And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years. ^19And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. ^20And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years. ^21And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. ^22And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. ^23And Aaron took him Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ^24And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites. ^25And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according to their families. ^26These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Jehovah said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts. ^27These are they that spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron. ^28And it came to pass on the day when Jehovah spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, ^29that Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, I am Jehovah: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak unto thee. ^30And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 7 7 ^1And Jehovah said unto Moses, See, I have made thee as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. ^2Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. ^3And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. ^4But Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. ^5And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. ^6And Moses and Aaron did so; as Jehovah commanded them, so did they. ^7And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. ^8And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ^9When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a wonder for you; then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent. ^10And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as Jehovah had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. ^11Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers: and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments. ^12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. ^13And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as Jehovah had spoken. ^14And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go. ^15Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thy hand. ^16And thou shalt say unto him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened. ^17Thus saith Jehovah, In this thou shalt know that I am Jehovah: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. ^18And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river. ^19And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone. ^20And Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. ^21And the fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt. ^22And the magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as Jehovah had spoken. ^23And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart. ^24And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. ^25And seven days were fulfilled, after that Jehovah had smitten the river. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 8 8 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Let my people go, that they may serve me. ^2And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: ^3and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs: ^4and the frogs shall come up both upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. ^5And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. ^6And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. ^7And the magicians did in like manner with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. ^8Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat Jehovah, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto Jehovah. ^9And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Have thou this glory over me: against what time shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy houses, and remain in the river only? ^10And he said, Against to-morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word; that thou mayest know that there is none like unto Jehovah our God. ^11And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only. ^12And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto Jehovah concerning the frogs which he had brought upon Pharaoh. ^13And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields. ^14And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank. ^15But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them, as Jehovah had spoken. ^16And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that is may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. ^17And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there were lice upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. ^18And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: and there were lice upon man, and upon beast. ^19Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as Jehovah had spoken. ^20And Jehovah said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Let my people go, that they may serve me. ^21Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon they servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. ^22And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am Jehovah in the midst of the earth. ^23And I will put a division between my people and thy people: by to-morrow shall this sign be. ^24And Jehovah did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies. ^25And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. ^26And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Jehovah our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? ^27We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, as he shall command us. ^28And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to Jehovah your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: entreat for me. ^29And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat Jehovah that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-morrow: only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah. ^30And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Jehovah. ^31And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one. ^32And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 9 9 ^1Then Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. ^2For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, ^3behold, the hand of Jehovah is upon thy cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks: there shall be a very grievous murrain. ^4And Jehovah shall make a distinction between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongeth to the children of Israel. ^5And Jehovah appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow Jehovah shall do this thing in the land. ^6And Jehovah did that thing on the morrow; and all the cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. ^7And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he did not let the people go. ^8And Jehovah said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. ^9And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. ^10And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast. ^11And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. ^12And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them, as Jehovah had spoken unto Moses. ^13And Jehovah said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. ^14For I will this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. ^15For now I had put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou hadst been cut off from the earth: ^16but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. ^17As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? ^18Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. ^19Now therefore send, hasten in thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field; for every man and beast that shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. ^20He that feared the word of Jehovah among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses. ^21And he that regarded not the word of Jehovah left his servants and his cattle in the field. ^22And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch forth thy hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. ^23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth; and Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt. ^24So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. ^25And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. ^26Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. ^27And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: Jehovah is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. ^28Entreat Jehovah; for there hath been enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. ^29And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto Jehovah; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is Jehovah's. ^30But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear Jehovah God. ^31And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom. ^32But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten: for they were not grown up. ^33And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto Jehovah: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. ^34And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. ^35And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the children of Israel go, as Jehovah had spoken by Moses. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 10 10 ^1And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them, ^2and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know that I am Jehovah. ^3And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. ^4Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border: ^5and they shall cover the face of the earth, so that one shall not be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: ^6and thy houses shall be filled, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither thy fathers nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh. ^7And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve Jehovah their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? ^8And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve Jehovah your God; but who are they that shall go? ^9And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto Jehovah. ^10And he said unto them, So be Jehovah with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. ^11Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve Jehovah; for that is what ye desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. ^12And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. ^13And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and Jehovah brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. ^14And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. ^15For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt. ^16Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you. ^17Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat Jehovah your God, that he may take away from me this death only. ^18And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Jehovah. ^19And Jehovah turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea; there remained not one locust in all the border of Egypt. ^20But Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go. ^21And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. ^22And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days; ^23they saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. ^24And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve Jehovah; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you. ^25And Moses said, Thou must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice unto Jehovah our God. ^26Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind: for thereof must we take to serve Jehovah our God; and we know not with what we must serve Jehovah, until we come thither. ^27But Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go. ^28And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in the day thou seest my face thou shalt die. ^29And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well. I will see thy face again no more. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 11 11 ^1And Jehovah said unto Moses, Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. ^2Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. ^3And Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. ^4And Moses said, Thus saith Jehovah, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: ^5and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill; and all the first-born of cattle. ^6And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there hath not been, nor shall be any more. ^7But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that Jehovah doth make a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel. ^8And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. ^9And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. ^10And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 12 12 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, ^2This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. ^3Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household: ^4and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbor next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb. ^5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old: ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats: ^6and ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at even. ^7And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it. ^8And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it. ^9Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof. ^10And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. ^11And thus shall ye eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is Jehovah's passover. ^12For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Jehovah. ^13And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. ^14And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to Jehovah: throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. ^15Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. ^16And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. ^17And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance for ever. ^18In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. ^19Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or one that is born in the land. ^20Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. ^21Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out, and take you lambs according to your families, and kill the passover. ^22And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. ^23For Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. ^24And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. ^25And it shall come to pass, when ye are come to the land which Jehovah will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. ^26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? ^27that ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of Jehovah's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. ^28And the children of Israel went and did so; as Jehovah had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. ^29And it came to pass at midnight, that Jehovah smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle. ^30And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead. ^31And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve Jehovah, as ye have said. ^32Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. ^33And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men. ^34And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. ^35And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment. ^36And Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. And they despoiled the Egyptians. ^37And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children. ^38And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. ^39And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt; for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victuals. ^40Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. ^41And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of Jehovah went out from the land of Egypt. ^42It is a night to be much observed unto Jehovah for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of Jehovah, to be much observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations. ^43And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no foreigner eat thereof; ^44but every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. ^45A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof. ^46In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. ^47All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. ^48And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to Jehovah, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. ^49One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. ^50Thus did all the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. ^51And it came to pass the selfsame day, that Jehovah did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 13 13 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Sanctify unto me all the first-born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. ^3And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Jehovah brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. ^4This day ye go forth in the month Abib. ^5And it shall be, when Jehovah shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. ^6Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Jehovah. ^7Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee, in all thy borders. ^8And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, It is because of that which Jehovah did for me when I came forth out of Egypt. ^9And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt. ^10Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year. ^11And it shall be, when Jehovah shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, ^12that thou shalt set apart unto Jehovah all that openeth the womb, and every firstling which thou hast that cometh of a beast; the males shall be Jehovah's. ^13And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck: and all the first-born of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem. ^14And it shall be, when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: ^15and it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Jehovah slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that openeth the womb, being males; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem. ^16And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt. ^17And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: ^18but God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt. ^19And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. ^20And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. ^21And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night: ^22the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 14 14 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon: over against it shall ye encamp by the sea. ^3And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. ^4And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he shall follow after them; and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host: and the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah. And they did so. ^5And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us? ^6And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: ^7and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them. ^8And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel went out with a high hand. ^9And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal-zephon. ^10And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah. ^11And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to bring us forth out of Egypt? ^12Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. ^13And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. ^14Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. ^15And Jehovah said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward. ^16And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground. ^17And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them: and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. ^18And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. ^19And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them: ^20and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one came not near the other all the night. ^21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. ^22And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. ^23And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. ^24And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Jehovah looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians. ^25And he took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for Jehovah fighteth for them against the Egyptians. ^26And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. ^27And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. ^28And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them. ^29But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. ^30Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore. ^31And Israel saw the great work which Jehovah did upon the Egyptians, and the people feared Jehovah: and they believed in Jehovah, and in his servant Moses. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 15 15 ^1Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. ^2Jehovah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father's God, and I will exalt him. ^3Jehovah is a man of war: Jehovah is his name. ^4Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea; And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea. ^5The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone. ^6Thy right hand, O Jehovah, is glorious in power, Thy right hand, O Jehovah, dasheth in pieces the enemy. ^7And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble. ^8And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea. ^9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. ^10Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters. ^11Who is like unto thee, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? ^12Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, The earth swallowed them. ^13Thou in thy lovingkindness hast led the people that thou hast redeemed: Thou hast guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation. ^14The peoples have heard, they tremble: Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. ^15Then were the chiefs of Edom dismayed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them: All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away. ^16Terror and dread falleth upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, O Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased. ^17Thou wilt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, The place, O Jehovah, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, The sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. ^18Jehovah shall reign for ever and ever. ^19For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Jehovah brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea. ^20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. ^21And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously; The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. ^22And Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. ^23And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. ^24And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? ^25An he cried unto Jehovah; And Jehovah showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them; ^26and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah that healeth thee. ^27And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees: and they encamped there by the waters. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 16 16 ^1And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. ^2And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness: ^3and the children of Israel said unto them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. ^4Then said Jehovah unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not. ^5And it shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. ^6And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that Jehovah hath brought you out from the land of Egypt; ^7and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of Jehovah; for that he heareth your murmurings against Jehovah: and what are we, that ye murmur against us? ^8And Moses said, This shall be, when Jehovah shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that Jehovah heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah. ^9And Moses said unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before Jehovah; for he hath heard your murmurings. ^10And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud. ^11And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^12I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God. ^13And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp. ^14And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground. ^15And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is it? For they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them, It is the bread which Jehovah hath given you to eat. ^16This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them that are in his tent. ^17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less. ^18And when they measured it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. ^19And Moses said unto them, Let no man leave of it till the morning. ^20Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul: and Moses was wroth with them. ^21And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. ^22And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. ^23And he said unto them, This is that which Jehovah hath spoken, Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto Jehovah: bake that which ye will bake, and boil that which ye will boil; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. ^24And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not become foul, neither was there any worm therein. ^25And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto Jehovah: to-day ye shall not find it in the field. ^26Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. ^27And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people to gather, and they found none. ^28And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? ^29See, for that Jehovah hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. ^30So the people rested on the seventh day. ^31And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. ^32And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. ^33And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up before Jehovah, to be kept throughout your generations. ^34As Jehovah commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. ^35And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. ^36Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 17 17 ^1And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to the commandment of Jehovah, and encamped in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. ^2Wherefore the people stove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? Wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah? ^3And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? ^4And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, What shall I do unto this people? They are almost ready to stone me. ^5And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and they rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and go. ^6Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. ^7And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not? ^8Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. ^9And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand. ^10So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. ^11And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. ^12But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. ^13And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. ^14And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. ^15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi; ^16And he said, Jehovah hath sworn: Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 18 18 ^1Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt. ^2And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away, ^3and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land: ^4and the name of the other was Eliezer; for he said, The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh. ^5And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mount of God: ^6and he said unto Moses, I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. ^7And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him: and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent. ^8And Moses told his father-in-law all that Jehovah had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how Jehovah delivered them. ^9And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Jehovah had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians. ^10And Jethro said, Blessed be Jehovah, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. ^11Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them. ^12And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God. ^13And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood about Moses from the morning unto the evening. ^14And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand about thee from morning unto even? ^15And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God: ^16when they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. ^17And Moses' father-in-law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. ^18Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. ^19Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee: be thou for the people to God-ward, and bring thou the causes unto God: ^20and thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. ^21Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: ^22and let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. ^23If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people also shall go to their place in peace. ^24So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. ^25And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. ^26And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. ^27And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 19 19 ^1In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. ^2And when they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mount. ^3And Moses went up unto God, and Jehovah called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: ^4Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. ^5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: ^6and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. ^7And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Jehovah commanded him. ^8And all the people answered together, and said, All that Jehovah hath spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people unto Jehovah. ^9And Jehovah said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and may also believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto Jehovah. ^10And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments, ^11and be ready against the third day; for the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. ^12And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: ^13no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, he shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. ^14And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments. ^15And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman. ^16And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled. ^17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. ^18And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. ^19And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. ^20And Jehovah came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount: and Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. ^21And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish. ^22And let the priests also, that come near to Jehovah, sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth upon them. ^23And Moses said unto Jehovah, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou didst charge us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. ^24And Jehovah said unto him, Go, get thee down; and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto Jehovah, lest he break forth upon them. ^25So Moses went down unto the people, and told them. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 20 20 ^1And God spake all these words, saying, ^2I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. ^3Thou shalt have no other gods before me. ^4Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. ^5Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me, ^6and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. ^7Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. ^8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. ^9Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; ^10but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: ^11for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. ^12Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. ^13Thou shalt not kill. ^14Thou shalt not commit adultery. ^15Thou shalt not steal. ^16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. ^17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's. ^18And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off. ^19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die. ^20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not. ^21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. ^22And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. ^23Ye shall not make other gods with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you. ^24An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee. ^25And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. ^26Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 21 21 ^1Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them. ^2If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. ^3If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him. ^4If his master give him a wife and she bear him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. ^5But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: ^6then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever. ^7And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do. ^8If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. ^9And if he espouse her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. ^10If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. ^11And if he do not these three things unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money. ^12He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death. ^13And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. ^14And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. ^15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. ^16And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. ^17And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death. ^18And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed; ^19if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. ^20And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished. ^21Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money. ^22And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow; he shall be surely fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. ^23But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life, ^24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, ^25burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. ^26And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. ^27And if he smite out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. ^28And if an ox gore a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be surely stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. ^29But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death. ^30If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. ^31Whether it have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. ^32If the ox gore a man-servant or a maid-servant, there shall be given unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. ^33And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein, ^34the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner thereof, and the dead beast shall be his. ^35And if one man's ox hurt another's, so that it dieth, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price of it: and the dead also they shall divide. ^36Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and its owner hath not kept it in, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his own. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 22 22 ^1If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. ^2If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him. ^3If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he shall make restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. ^4If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall pay double. ^5If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution. ^6If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. ^7If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, he shall pay double. ^8If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods. ^9For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saith, This is it, the cause of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neighbor. ^10If a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it: ^11the oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, whether he hath not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution. ^12But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. ^13If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness: he shall not make good that which was torn. ^14And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution. ^15If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for its hire. ^16And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. ^17If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. ^18Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live. ^19Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. ^20He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto Jehovah only, shall be utterly destroyed. ^21And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt. ^22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. ^23If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; ^24and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. ^25If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest. ^26If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down: ^27for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. ^28Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people. ^29Thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. ^30Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me. ^31And ye shall be holy men unto me: therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 23 23 ^1Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. ^2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice: ^3neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause. ^4If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. ^5If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release it with him. ^6Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause. ^7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. ^8And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous. ^9And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt. ^10And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof: ^11but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. ^12Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed. ^13And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. ^14Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. ^15The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep: seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it thou camest out from Egypt); and none shall appear before me empty: ^16and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which thou sowest in the field: and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labors out of the field. ^17Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah. ^18Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning. ^19The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in it mother's milk. ^20Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. ^21Take ye heed before him, and hearken unto his voice; provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgression: for my name is in him. ^22But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. ^23For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off. ^24Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars. ^25And ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. ^26There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. ^27I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. ^28And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. ^29I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee. ^30By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. ^31And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand: and thou shalt drive them out before thee. ^32Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. ^33They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 24 24 ^1And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off: ^2and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him. ^3And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the ordinances: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which Jehovah hath spoken will we do. ^4And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. ^5And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto Jehovah. ^6And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. ^7And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that Jehovah hath spoken will we do, and be obedient. ^8And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which Jehovah hath made with you concerning all these words. ^9Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. ^10And they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness. ^11And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink. ^12And Jehovah said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them. ^13And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister: and Moses went up into the mount of God. ^14And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: whosoever hath a cause, let him come near unto them. ^15And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount. ^16And the glory of Jehovah abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. ^17And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. ^18And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 25 25 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an offering: of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take my offering. ^3And this is the offering which ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and brass, ^4and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, ^5and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood, ^6oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, ^7onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate. ^8And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. ^9According to all that I show thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furniture thereof, even so shall ye make it. ^10And they shall make an ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. ^11And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. ^12And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four feet thereof; and two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. ^13And thou shalt make staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. ^14And thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, wherewith to bear the ark. ^15The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. ^16And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. ^17And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. ^18And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat. ^19And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof. ^20And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. ^21And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. ^22And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. ^23And thou shalt make a table of acacia wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. ^24And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. ^25And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about; and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. ^26And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. ^27Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table. ^28And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. ^29And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the flagons thereof, and the bowls thereof, wherewith to pour out: of pure gold shalt thou make them. ^30And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me alway. ^31And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it. ^32And there shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof: ^33three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick: ^34and in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof; ^35and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the candlestick. ^36Their knops and their branches shall be of one piece with it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold. ^37And thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven: and they shall light the lamps thereof, to give light over against it. ^38And the snuffers thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. ^39Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels. ^40And see that thou make them after their pattern, which hath been showed thee in the mount. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 26 26 ^1Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them. ^2The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure. ^3Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. ^4And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second coupling. ^5Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling; the loops shall be opposite one to another. ^6And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tabernacle shall be one whole. ^7And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make them. ^8The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure. ^9And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent. ^10And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops upon the edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second coupling. ^11And thou shalt make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. ^12And the overhanging part that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle. ^13And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. ^14And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above. ^15And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up. ^16Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board. ^17Two tenons shall there be in each board, joined one to another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. ^18And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward. ^19And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. ^20And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards, ^21and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. ^22And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. ^23And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part. ^24And they shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire unto the top thereof unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. ^25And there shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. ^26And thou shalt make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, ^27and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the hinder part westward. ^28And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through from end to end. ^29And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. ^30And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been showed thee in the mount. ^31And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shall it be made. ^32And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, upon four sockets of silver. ^33And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall separate unto you between the holy place and the most holy. ^34And thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. ^35And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side. ^36And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer. ^37And thou shalt make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold: their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 27 27 ^1And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. ^2And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. ^3And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. ^4And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass: and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof. ^5And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. ^6And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass. ^7And the staves thereof shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, in bearing it. ^8Hollow with planks shalt thou make it: as it hath been showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. ^9And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side: ^10and the pillars thereof shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. ^11And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. ^12And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. ^13And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. ^14The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. ^15And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. ^16And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four. ^17All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass. ^18The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. ^19All the instruments of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. ^20And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually. ^21In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah: it shall be a statue for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 28 28 ^1And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. ^2And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty. ^3And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. ^4And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. ^5And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen. ^6And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skilful workman. ^7It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined to the two ends thereof, that it may be joined together. ^8And the skilfully woven band, which is upon it, wherewith to gird it on, shall be like the work thereof and of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. ^9And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: ^10six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, according to their birth. ^11With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be inclosed in settings of gold. ^12And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial. ^13And thou shalt make settings of gold, ^14and two chains of pure gold; like cords shalt thou make them, of wreathen work: and thou shalt put the wreathen chains on the settings. ^15And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skilful workman; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. ^16Foursquare it shall be and double; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof. ^17And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row; ^18and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; ^19and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; ^20and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be inclosed in gold in their settings. ^21And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes. ^22And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold. ^23And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. ^24And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate. ^25And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod in the forepart thereof. ^26And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which is toward the side of the ephod inward. ^27And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod. ^28And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. ^29And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before Jehovah continually. ^30And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before Jehovah: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually. ^31And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. ^32And it shall have a hole for the head in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it be not rent. ^33And upon the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the skirts thereof; and bells of gold between them round about: ^34a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about. ^35And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and the sound thereof shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before Jehovah, and when he cometh out, that he die not. ^36And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO JEHOVAH. ^37And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. ^38And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before Jehovah. ^39And thou shalt weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and thou shalt make a mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer. ^40And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and head-tires shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. ^41And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and upon his sons with him, and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. ^42And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: ^43And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in unto the tent of meeting, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and unto his seed after him. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 29 29 ^1And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: take one young bullock and two rams without blemish, ^2and unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened mingled with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of fine wheaten flour shalt thou make them. ^3And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. ^4And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water. ^5And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod; ^6and thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. ^7Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. ^8And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. ^9And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind head-tires on them: and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. ^10And thou shalt bring the bullock before the tent of meeting: and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock. ^11And thou shalt kill the bullock before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. ^12And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger; and thou shalt pour out all the blood at the base of the altar. ^13And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul upon the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. ^14But the flesh of the bullock, and its skin, and it dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin-offering. ^15Thou shalt also take the one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram. ^16And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. ^17And thou shalt cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its inwards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head. ^18And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt-offering unto Jehovah; it is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. ^19And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram. ^20Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of its blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. ^21And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. ^22Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration), ^23and one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before Jehovah. ^24And thou shalt put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and shalt wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah. ^25And thou shalt take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar upon the burnt-offering, for a sweet savor before Jehovah: it is an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. ^26And thou shalt take the breast of Aaron's ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave-offering before Jehovah: and it shall be thy portion. ^27And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave-offering, and the thigh of the heave-offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: ^28and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion for ever from the children of Israel; for it is a heave-offering: and it shall be a heave-offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, even their heave-offering unto Jehovah. ^29And the holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them. ^30Seven days shall the son that is priest in his stead put them on, when he cometh into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place. ^31And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and boil its flesh in a holy place. ^32And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the tent of meeting. ^33And they shall eat those things wherewith atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. ^34And if aught of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. ^35And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them. ^36And every day shalt thou offer the bullock of sin-offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou makest atonement for it; and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. ^37Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. ^38Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar: two lambs a year old day by day continually. ^39The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: ^40and with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink-offering. ^41And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meal-offering of the morning, and according to the drink-offering thereof, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. ^42It shall be a continual burnt-offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before Jehovah, where I will meet with you, to speak there unto thee. ^43And there I will meet with the children of Israel; and the Tent shall be sanctified by my glory. ^44And I will sanctify the tent of meeting, and the altar: Aaron also and his sons will I sanctify, to minister to me in the priest's office. ^45And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. ^46And they shall know that I am Jehovah their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them: I am Jehovah their God. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 30 30 ^1And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it. ^2A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it. ^3And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. ^4And two golden rings shalt thou make for it under the crown thereof; upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make them; and they shall be for places for staves wherewith to bear it. ^5And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. ^6And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. ^7And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of sweet spices: every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it. ^8And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations. ^9Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-offering, nor meal-offering; and ye shall pour no drink-offering thereon. ^10And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it once in the year; with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement once in the year shall he make atonement for it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto Jehovah. ^11And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^12When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, according to those that are numbered of them, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto Jehovah, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. ^13This they shall give, every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary; (the shekel is twenty gerahs;) half a shekel for an offering to Jehovah. ^14Every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of Jehovah. ^15The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls. ^16And thou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls. ^17And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^18Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash. And thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. ^19And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: ^20when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. ^21So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. ^22Moreover Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^23Take thou also unto thee the chief spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty, ^24and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. ^25And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil. ^26And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, ^27and the table and all the vessels thereof, and the candlestick and the vessels thereof, and the altar of incense, ^28and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof. ^29And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. ^30And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. ^31And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. ^32Upon the flesh of man shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition thereof: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. ^33Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people. ^34And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight; ^35and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy: ^36and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. ^37And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves: it shall be unto thee holy for Jehovah. ^38Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof, he shall be cut off from his people. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 31 31 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: ^3and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, ^4to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, ^5and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship. ^6And I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee: ^7the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the Tent, ^8and the table and its vessels, and the pure candlestick with all its vessels, and the altar of incense, ^9and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base, ^10and the finely wrought garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office, ^11and the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. ^12And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^13Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you. ^14Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that profaneth it shall surely be put to death; for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. ^15Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. ^16Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. ^17It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. ^18And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 32 32 ^1And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. ^2And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. ^3And all the people brake off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. ^4And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. ^5And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow shall be a feast to Jehovah. ^6And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. ^7And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: ^8they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. ^9And Jehovah said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: ^10now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. ^11And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? ^12Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. ^13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. ^14And Jehovah repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people. ^15And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. ^16And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. ^17And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. ^18And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear. ^19And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. ^20And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. ^21And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them? ^22And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on evil. ^23For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. ^24And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off: so they gave it me; and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. ^25And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies,) ^26then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoso is on Jehovah's side, let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. ^27And he said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. ^28And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. ^29And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to-day to Jehovah, yea, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. ^30And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto Jehovah; peradventure I shall make atonement for your sin. ^31And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. ^32Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin-; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. ^33And Jehovah said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. ^34And now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine angel shall go before thee; nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them. ^35And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 33 33 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Depart, go up hence, thou and the people that thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land of which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: ^2and I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: ^3unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiffnecked people, lest I consume thee in the way. ^4And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. ^5And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people; if I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. ^6And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward. ^7Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off from the camp; and he called it, The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that every one that sought Jehovah went out unto the tent of meeting, which was without the camp. ^8And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the Tent, that all the people rose up, and stood, every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the Tent. ^9And it came to pass, when Moses entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the Tent: and Jehovah spake with Moses. ^10And all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man at his tent door. ^11And Jehovah spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the Tent. ^12And Moses said unto Jehovah, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found favor in my sight. ^13Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show me now thy ways, that I may know thee, to the end that I may find favor in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. ^14And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. ^15And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. ^16For wherein now shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in that thou goest with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth? ^17And Jehovah said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken; for thou hast found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name. ^18And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory. ^19And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. ^20And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live. ^21and Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock: ^22and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by: ^23and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back; but my face shall not be seen. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 34 34 ^1And Jehovah said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou brakest. ^2And be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me on the top of the mount. ^3And no man shall come up with thee; neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. ^4And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as Jehovah had commanded him, and took in his hand two tables of stone. ^5And Jehovah descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah. ^6And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth, ^7keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. ^8And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. ^9And he said, If now I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go in the midst of us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. ^10And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of Jehovah; for it is a terrible thing that I do with thee. ^11Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. ^12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: ^13but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim; ^14for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: ^15lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot after their gods, and sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee and thou eat of his sacrifice; ^16and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods. ^17Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. ^18The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. ^19All that openeth the womb is mine; and all thy cattle that is male, the firstlings of cow and sheep. ^20And the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck. All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty. ^21Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in plowing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. ^22And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. ^23Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel. ^24For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou goest up to appear before Jehovah thy God three times in the year. ^25Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. ^26The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring unto the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk. ^27And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. ^28And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. ^29And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him. ^30And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. ^31And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses spake to them. ^32And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that Jehovah had spoken with him in mount Sinai. ^33And when Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. ^34But when Moses went in before Jehovah to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. ^35And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 35 35 ^1And Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them, These are the words which Jehovah hath commanded, that ye should do them. ^2Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death. ^3Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. ^4And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah commanded, saying, ^5Take ye from among you an offering unto Jehovah; whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Jehovah's offering: gold, and silver, and brass, ^6and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, ^7and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood, ^8and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, ^9and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate. ^10And let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Jehovah hath commanded: ^11the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; ^12the ark, and the staves thereof, the mercy-seat, and the veil of the screen; ^13the table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the showbread; ^14the candlestick also for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light; ^15and the altar of incense, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle; ^16the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, it staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base; ^17the hangings of the court, the pillars thereof, and their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court; ^18the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords; ^19the finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. ^20And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. ^21And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and brought Jehovah's offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all the service thereof, and for the holy garments. ^22And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought brooches, and ear-rings, and signet-rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man that offered an offering of gold unto Jehovah. ^23And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them. ^24Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought Jehovah's offering; and every man, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it. ^25And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen. ^26And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair. ^27And the rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; ^28and the spice, and the oil; for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. ^29The children of Israel brought a freewill-offering unto Jehovah; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Jehovah had commanded to be made by Moses. ^30And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, Jehovah hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. ^31And he hath filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; ^32and to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, ^33and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship. ^34And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. ^35Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, and of the skilful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any workmanship, and of those that devise skilful works. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 36 36 ^1And Bezalel and Oholiab shall work, and every wise-hearted man, in whom Jehovah hath put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Jehovah hath commanded. ^2And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Jehovah had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: ^3and they received of Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, wherewith to make it. And they brought yet unto him freewill-offerings every morning. ^4And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they wrought. ^5And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Jehovah commanded to make. ^6And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. ^7For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. ^8And all the wise-hearted men among them that wrought the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, Bezalel made them. ^9The length of each curtain was eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains had one measure. ^10And he coupled five curtains one to another: and the other five curtains he coupled one to another. ^11And he made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second coupling. ^12Fifty loops made he in the one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling: the loops were opposite one to another. ^13And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps: so the tabernacle was one. ^14And he made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. ^15The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain: the eleven curtains had one measure. ^16And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. ^17And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which was outmost in the second coupling. ^18And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. ^19And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above. ^20And he made the boards for the tabernacle, of acacia wood, standing up. ^21Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board. ^22Each board had two tenons, joined one to another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. ^23And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward. ^24And he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. ^25And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards, ^26and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. ^27And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. ^28And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part. ^29And they were double beneath; and in like manner they were entire unto the top thereof unto one ring: thus he did to both of them in the two corners. ^30And there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets. ^31And he made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, ^32and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward. ^33And he made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other. ^34And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. ^35And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, made he it. ^36And he made thereunto four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; And he cast for them four sockets of silver. ^37And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; ^38and the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold; and their five sockets were of brass. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 37 37 ^1And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: ^2and he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. ^3And he cast for it four rings of gold, in the four feet thereof; even two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. ^4And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. ^5And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. ^6And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. ^7And he made two cherubim of gold; of beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat; ^8one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat made he the cherubim at the two ends thereof. ^9And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim. ^10And he made the table of acacia wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: ^11and he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about. ^12And he made unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and made a golden crown to the border thereof round about. ^13And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that were on the four feet thereof. ^14Close by the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. ^15And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. ^16And he made the vessels which were upon the table, the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the flagons thereof, wherewith to pour out, of pure gold. ^17And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, it knops, and its flowers, were of one piece with it: ^18and there were six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof: ^19three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower, and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick. ^20And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof; ^21and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it. ^22Their knops and their branches were of one piece with it: the whole of it was one beaten work of pure gold. ^23And he made the lamps thereof, seven, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, of pure gold. ^24Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. ^25And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, foursquare; and two cubits was the height thereof; the horns thereof were of one piece with it. ^26And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: and he made unto it a crown of gold round about. ^27And he made for it two golden rings under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it, for places for staves wherewith to bear it. ^28And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. ^29And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 38 38 ^1And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. ^2And he made the horns thereof upon the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of one piece with it: and he overlaid it with brass. ^3And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. ^4And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up. ^5And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be places for the staves. ^6And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with brass. ^7And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, wherewith to bear it; he made it hollow with planks. ^8And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the ministering women that ministered at the door of the tent of meeting. ^9And he made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits; ^10their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. ^11And for the north side a hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. ^12And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. ^13And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. ^14The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three; ^15and so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. ^16All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. ^17And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals, of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. ^18And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. ^19And their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver. ^20And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass. ^21This is the sum of the things for the tabernacle, even the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. ^22And Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Jehovah commanded Moses. ^23And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skilful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in fine linen. ^24All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. ^25And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: ^26a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them that were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. ^27And the hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; a hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. ^28And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them. ^29And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. ^30And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grating for it, and all the vessels of the altar, ^31and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 39 39 ^1And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^2And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. ^3And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skilful workman. ^4They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends was it joined together. ^5And the skilfully woven band, that was upon it, wherewith to gird it on, was of the same piece and like the work thereof; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^6And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in settings of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel. ^7And he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^8And he made the breastplate, the work of the skilful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. ^9It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double. ^10And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row; ^11and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; ^12and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; ^13and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jaspar: they were inclosed in inclosings of gold in their settings. ^14And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes. ^15And they made upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold. ^16And they made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. ^17And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate. ^18And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in the forepart thereof. ^19And they made two rings of gold, and put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which was toward the side of the ephod inward. ^20And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod. ^21And they did bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^22And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. ^23And the hole of the robe in the midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should not be rent. ^24And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. ^25And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the skirts of the robe round about, between the pomegranates; ^26a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about, to minister in; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^27And they made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, ^28and the mitre of fine linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen, ^29and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^30And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO JEHOVAH. ^31And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^32Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting: and the children of Israel did according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses; so did they. ^33And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, it bars, and its pillars, and it sockets; ^34and the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen; ^35the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy-seat; ^36the table, all the vessels thereof, and the showbread; ^37the pure candlestick, the lamps thereof, even the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for the light; ^38and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door of the Tent; ^39the brazen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base; ^40the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, the cords thereof, and the pins thereof, and all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; ^41the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. ^42According to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work. ^43And Moses saw all the work, and, behold, they had done it; as Jehovah had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them. __________________________________________________________________ Exodus 40 40 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. ^3And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil. ^4And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. ^5And thou shalt set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle. ^6And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. ^7And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water therein. ^8And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court. ^9And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the furniture thereof: and it shall be holy. ^10And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar shall be most holy. ^11And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it. ^12And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water. ^13And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments; and thou shalt anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. ^14And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them; ^15and thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: and their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. ^16Thus did Moses: according to all that Jehovah commanded him, so did he. ^17And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. ^18And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars. ^19And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^20And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark: ^21and he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^22And he put the table in the tent of meeting, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil. ^23And he set the bread in order upon it before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^24And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. ^25And he lighted the lamps before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^26And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil: ^27and he burnt thereon incense of sweet spices; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^28And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle. ^29And he set the altar of burnt-offering at the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt-offering and the meal-offering; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^30And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, wherewith to wash. ^31And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat; ^32when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^33And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work. ^34Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle. ^35And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle. ^36And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys: ^37but if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. ^38For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. __________________________________________________________________ The Third Book of Moses, commonly called Leviticus __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 1 1 ^1And Jehovah called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying, ^2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man of you offereth an oblation unto Jehovah, ye shall offer your oblation of the cattle, even of the herd and of the flock. ^3If his oblation be a burnt-offering of the herd, he shall offer it a male without blemish: he shall offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before Jehovah. ^4And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. ^5And he shall kill the bullock before Jehovah: and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting. ^6And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces. ^7And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay wood in order upon the fire; ^8and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: ^9but its inwards and its legs shall he wash with water: and the priest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. ^10And if his oblation be of the flock, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt-offering; he shall offer it a male without blemish. ^11And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before Jehovah: and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood upon the altar round about. ^12And he shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat; and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: ^13but the inwards and the legs shall he wash with water; and the priest shall offer the whole, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. ^14And if his oblation to Jehovah be a burnt-offering of birds, then he shall offer his oblation of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons. ^15And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be drained out on the side of the altar; ^16and he shall take away its crop with the filth thereof, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes: ^17and he shall rend it by the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 2 2 ^1And when any one offereth an oblation of a meal-offering unto Jehovah, his oblation shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: ^2and he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and he shall take thereout his handful of the fine flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn it as the memorial thereof upon the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah: ^3and that which is left of the meal-offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire. ^4And when thou offerest an oblation of a meal-offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. ^5And if thy oblation be a meal-offering of the baking-pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. ^6Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meal-offering. ^7And if thy oblation be a meal-offering of the frying-pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. ^8And thou shalt bring the meal-offering that is made of these things unto Jehovah: and it shall be presented unto the priest, and he shall bring it unto the altar. ^9And the priest shall take up from the meal-offering the memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. ^10And that which is left of the meal-offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire. ^11No meal-offering, which ye shall offer unto Jehovah, shall be made with leaven; for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, as an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. ^12As an oblation of first -fruits ye shall offer them unto Jehovah: but they shall not come up for a sweet savor on the altar. ^13And every oblation of thy meal-offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meal-offering: with all thine oblations thou shalt offer salt. ^14And if thou offer a meal-offering of first-fruits unto Jehovah, thou shalt offer for the meal-offering of thy first-fruits grain in the ear parched with fire, bruised grain of the fresh ear. ^15And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meal-offering. ^16And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the bruised grain thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 3 3 ^1And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace-offerings; if he offer of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before Jehovah. ^2And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. ^3And he shall offer of the sacrifice of peace-offerings an offering made by fire unto Jehovah; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, ^4and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away. ^5And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt-offering, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. ^6And if his oblation for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. ^7If he offer a lamb for his oblation, then shall he offer it before Jehovah; ^8and he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it before the tent of meeting: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. ^9And he shall offer of the sacrifice of peace-offerings an offering made by fire unto Jehovah; the fat thereof, the fat tail entire, he shall take away hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, ^10and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away. ^11And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto Jehovah. ^12And if his oblation be a goat, then he shall offer it before Jehovah: ^13and he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. ^14And he shall offer thereof his oblation, even an offering made by fire unto Jehovah; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, ^15and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away. ^16And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savor; all the fat is Jehovah's. ^17It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 4 4 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any one shall sin unwittingly, in any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done, and shall do any one of them: ^3if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto Jehovah for a sin-offering. ^4And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tent of meeting before Jehovah; and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the bullock, and kill the bullock before Jehovah. ^5And the anointed priest shall take of the blood of the bullock, and bring it to the tent of meeting: ^6and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before Jehovah, before the veil of the sanctuary. ^7And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Jehovah, which is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood of the bullock shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting. ^8And all the fat of the bullock of the sin-offering he shall take off from it; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, ^9and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away, ^10as it is taken off from the ox of the sacrifice of peace-offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of burnt-offering. ^11And the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its inwards, and its dung, ^12even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall it be burnt. ^13And if the whole congregation of Israel err, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done, and are guilty; ^14when the sin wherein they have sinned is known, then the assembly shall offer a young bullock for a sin-offering, and bring it before the tent of meeting. ^15And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before Jehovah; and the bullock shall be killed before Jehovah. ^16And the anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bullock to the tent of meeting: ^17and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Jehovah, before the veil. ^18And he shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before Jehovah, that is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting. ^19And all the fat thereof shall he take off from it, and burn it upon the altar. ^20Thus shall he do with the bullock; as he did with the bullock of the sin-offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven. ^21And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bullock: it is the sin-offering for the assembly. ^22When a ruler sinneth, and doeth unwittingly any one of all the things which Jehovah his God hath commanded not to be done, and is guilty; ^23if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, be made known to him, he shall bring for his oblation a goat, a male without blemish. ^24And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt-offering before Jehovah: it is a sin-offering. ^25And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; and the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering. ^26And all the fat thereof shall he burn upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin, and he shall be forgiven. ^27And if any one of the common people sin unwittingly, in doing any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done, and be guilty; ^28if his sin, which he hath sinned, be made known to him, then he shall bring for his oblation a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. ^29And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and kill the sin-offering in the place of burnt-offering. ^30And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; and all the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar. ^31And all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor unto Jehovah; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven. ^32And if he bring a lamb as his oblation for a sin-offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish. ^33And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and kill it for a sin-offering in the place where they kill the burnt-offering. ^34And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; and all the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar: ^35and all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall burn them on the altar, upon the offerings of Jehovah made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned, and he shall be forgiven. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 5 5 ^1And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. ^2Or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be unclean, then he shall be guilty. ^3Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever his uncleanness be wherewith he is unclean, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. ^4Or if any one swear rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these things. ^5And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that wherein he hath sinned: ^6and he shall bring his trespass-offering unto Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin. ^7And if his means suffice not for a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass-offering for that wherein he hath sinned, two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, unto Jehovah; one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering. ^8And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin-offering first, and wring off its head from its neck, but shall not divide it asunder: ^9and he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar: it is a sin-offering. ^10And he shall offer the second for a burnt-offering, according to the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin which he hath sinned, and he shall be forgiven. ^11But if his means suffice not for two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his oblation for that wherein he hath sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offering: he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon; for it is a sin-offering. ^12And he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as the memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, upon the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: it is a sin-offering. ^13And the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in any of these things, and he shall be forgiven: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as the meal-offering. ^14And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^15If any one commit a trespass, and sin unwittingly, in the holy things of Jehovah; then he shall bring his trespass-offering unto Jehovah, a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass-offering: ^16and he shall make restitution for that which he hath done amiss in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering, and he shall be forgiven. ^17And if any one sin, and do any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done; though he knew it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. ^18And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy estimation, for a trespass-offering, unto the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning the thing wherein he erred unwittingly and knew it not, and he shall be forgiven. ^19It is a trespass-offering: he is certainly guilty before Jehovah. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 6 6 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2If any one sin, and commit a trespass against Jehovah, and deal falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbor, ^3or have found that which was lost, and deal falsely therein, and swear to a lie; in any of all these things that a man doeth, sinning therein; ^4then it shall be, if he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he hath gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found, ^5or any thing about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in full, and shall add the fifth part more thereto: unto him to whom it appertaineth shall he give it, in the day of his being found guilty. ^6And he shall bring his trespass-offering unto Jehovah, a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy estimation, for a trespass-offering, unto the priest: ^7and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah; and he shall be forgiven concerning whatsoever he doeth so as to be guilty thereby. ^8And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^9Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt-offering: the burnt-offering shall be on the hearth upon the altar all night unto the morning; and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning thereon. ^10And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh; and he shall take up the ashes whereto the fire hath consumed the burnt-offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. ^11And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place. ^12And the fire upon the altar shall be kept burning thereon, it shall not go out; and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning: and he shall lay the burnt-offering in order upon it, and shall burn thereon the fat of the peace-offerings. ^13Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out. ^14And this is the law of the meal-offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before Jehovah, before the altar. ^15And he shall take up therefrom his handful, of the fine flour of the meal-offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meal-offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor, as the memorial thereof, unto Jehovah. ^16And that which is left thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: it shall be eaten without leaven in a holy place; in the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it. ^17It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as the sin-offering, and as the trespass-offering. ^18Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as his portion for ever throughout your generations, from the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: whosoever toucheth them shall be holy. ^19And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^20This is the oblation of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto Jehovah in the day when he is anointed: the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering perpetually, half of it in the morning, and half thereof in the evening. ^21On a baking-pan it shall be made with oil; when it is soaked, thou shalt bring it in: in baken pieces shalt thou offer the meal-offering for a sweet savor unto Jehovah. ^22And the anointed priest that shall be in his stead from among his sons shall offer it: by a statute for ever it shall be wholly burnt unto Jehovah. ^23And every meal-offering of the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. ^24And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^25Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin-offering: in the place where the burnt-offering is killed shall the sin-offering be killed before Jehovah: it is most holy. ^26The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in a holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting. ^27Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy; and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in a holy place. ^28But the earthen vessel wherein it is boiled shall be broken; and if it be boiled in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water. ^29Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy. ^30And no sin-offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt with fire. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 7 7 ^1And this is the law of the trespass-offering: it is most holy. ^2In the place where they kill the burnt-offering shall they kill the trespass-offering; and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle upon the altar round about. ^3And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof: the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards, ^4and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away; ^5and the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: it is a trespass-offering. ^6Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in a holy place: it is most holy. ^7As is the sin-offering, so is the trespass-offering; there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith, he shall have it. ^8And the priest that offereth any man's burnt-offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt-offering which he hath offered. ^9And every meal-offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the frying-pan, and on the baking-pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it. ^10And every meal-offering, mingled with oil, or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as well as another. ^11And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which one shall offer unto Jehovah. ^12If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour soaked. ^13With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his oblation with the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving. ^14And of it he shall offer one out of each oblation for a heave-offering unto Jehovah; it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace-offerings. ^15And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his oblation; he shall not leave any of it until the morning. ^16But if the sacrifice of his oblation be a vow, or a freewill-offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offereth his sacrifice; and on the morrow that which remaineth of it shall be eaten: ^17but that which remaineth of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. ^18And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings be eaten on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. ^19And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, every one that is clean shall eat thereof: ^20but the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, that pertain unto Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people. ^21And when any one shall touch any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean beast, or any unclean abomination, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which pertain unto Jehovah, that soul shall be cut off from his people. ^22And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^23Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat. ^24And the fat of that which dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of beasts, may be used for any other service; but ye shall in no wise eat of it. ^25For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people. ^26And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings. ^27Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people. ^28And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^29Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace-offerings unto Jehovah shall bring his oblation unto Jehovah out of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings: ^30his own hands shall bring the offerings of Jehovah made by fire; the fat with the breast shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave-offering before Jehovah. ^31And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar; but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. ^32And the right thigh shall ye give unto the priest for a heave-offering out of the sacrifices of your peace-offerings. ^33He among the sons of Aaron that offereth the blood of the peace-offerings, and the fat, shall have the right thigh for a portion. ^34For the wave-breast and the heave-thigh have I taken of the children of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons as their portion for ever from the children of Israel. ^35This is the anointing-portion of Aaron, and the anointing-portion of his sons, out of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto Jehovah in the priest's office; ^36which Jehovah commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them. It is their portion for ever throughout their generations. ^37This is the law of the burnt-offering, of the meal-offering, and of the sin-offering, and of the trespass-offering, and of the consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace-offerings; ^38which Jehovah commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 8 8 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bullock of the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread; ^3and assemble thou all the congregation at the door of the tent of meeting. ^4And Moses did as Jehovah commanded him; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the tent of meeting. ^5And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded to be done. ^6And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. ^7And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. ^8And he placed the breastplate upon him: and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim. ^9And he set the mitre upon his head; and upon the mitre, in front, did he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^10And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them. ^11And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them. ^12And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. ^13And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and clothed them with coats, and girded them with girdles, and bound head-tires upon them; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^14And he brought the bullock of the sin-offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock of the sin-offering. ^15And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it. ^16And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses burned it upon the altar. ^17But the bullock, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^18And he presented the ram of the burnt-offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. ^19And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. ^20And he cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. ^21And he washed the inwards and the legs with water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt-offering for a sweet savor: it was an offering made by fire unto Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^22And he presented the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. ^23And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood thereof, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. ^24And he brought Aaron's sons; and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. ^25And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh: ^26and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before Jehovah, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and upon the right thigh: ^27and he put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and waved them for a wave-offering before Jehovah. ^28And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt-offering: they were a consecration for a sweet savor: it was an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. ^29And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before Jehovah: it was Moses' portion of the ram of consecration; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^30And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. ^31And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting: and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. ^32And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. ^33And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting seven days, until the days of your consecration be fulfilled: for he shall consecrate you seven days. ^34As hath been done this day, so Jehovah hath commanded to do, to make atonement for you. ^35And at the door of the tent of meeting shall ye abide day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Jehovah, that ye die not: for so I am commanded. ^36And Aaron and his sons did all the things which Jehovah commanded by Moses. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 9 9 ^1And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; ^2and he said unto Aaron, Take thee a calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering, without blemish, and offer them before Jehovah. ^3And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a he-goat for a sin-offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without blemish, for a burnt-offering; ^4and an ox and a ram for peace-offerings, to sacrifice before Jehovah; and a meal-offering mingled with oil: for to-day Jehovah appeareth unto you. ^5And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tent of meeting: and all the congregation drew near and stood before Jehovah. ^6And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah commanded that ye should do: and the glory of Jehovah shall appear unto you. ^7And Moses said unto Aaron, Draw near unto the altar, and offer thy sin-offering, and thy burnt-offering, and make atonement for thyself, and for the people; and offer the oblation of the people, and make atonement for them; as Jehovah commanded. ^8So Aaron drew near unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself. ^9And the sons of Aaron presented the blood unto him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar: ^10but the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul from the liver of the sin-offering, he burnt upon the altar; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^11And the flesh and the skin he burnt with fire without the camp. ^12And he slew the burnt-offering; and Aaron's sons delivered unto him the blood, and he sprinkled it upon the altar round about. ^13And they delivered the burnt-offering unto him, piece by piece, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar. ^14And he washed the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt-offering on the altar. ^15And he presented the people's oblation, and took the goat of the sin-offering which was for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first. ^16And he presented the burnt-offering, and offered it according to the ordinance. ^17And he presented the meal-offering, and filled his hand therefrom, and burnt it upon the altar, besides the burnt-offering of the morning. ^18He slew also the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons delivered unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, ^19and the fat of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul of the liver: ^20and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar: ^21and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave-offering before Jehovah; as Moses commanded. ^22And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings. ^23And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto all the people. ^24And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 10 10 ^1And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire before Jehovah, which he had not commanded them. ^2And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah. ^3Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that Jehovah spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. ^4And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Draw near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. ^5So they drew near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said. ^6And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes; that ye die not, and that he be not wroth with all the congregation: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled. ^7And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting, lest ye die; for the anointing oil of Jehovah is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses. ^8And Jehovah spake unto Aaron, saying, ^9Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: ^10and that ye may make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean; ^11and that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Jehovah hath spoken unto them by Moses. ^12And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meal-offering that remaineth of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy; ^13and ye shall eat it in a holy place, because it is thy portion, and thy sons' portion, of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: for so I am commanded. ^14And the wave-breast and the heave-thigh shall ye eat in a clean place, thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they are given as thy portion, and thy sons' portion, out of the sacrifices of the peace-offerings of the children of Israel. ^15The heave-thigh and the wave-breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave-offering before Jehovah: and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, as a portion for ever; as Jehovah hath commanded. ^16And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin-offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron that were left, saying, ^17Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and he hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Jehovah? ^18Behold, the blood of it was not brought into the sanctuary within: ye should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded. ^19And Aaron spake unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin-offering and their burnt-offering before Jehovah; and there have befallen me such things as these: and if I had eaten the sin-offering to-day, would it have been well-pleasing in the sight of Jehovah? ^20And when Moses heard that, it was well-pleasing in his sight. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 11 11 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, ^2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. ^3Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat. ^4Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that part the hoof: the camel, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. ^5And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. ^6And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you. ^7And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you. ^8Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you. ^9These may ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that may ye eat. ^10And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination unto you, ^11and they shall be an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in abomination. ^12Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination unto you. ^13And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray, ^14and the kite, and the falcon after its kind, ^15every raven after its kind, ^16and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seamew, and the hawk after its kind, ^17and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, ^18and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture, ^19and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. ^20All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you. ^21Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth. ^22Even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind. ^23But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you. ^24And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even; ^25And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. ^26Every beast which parteth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. ^27And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even. ^28And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you. ^29And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind, ^30and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon. ^31These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even. ^32And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherewith any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean. ^33And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break. ^34All food therein which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. ^35And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. ^36Nevertheless a fountain or a pit wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcass shall be unclean. ^37And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean. ^38But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcass fall thereon, it is unclean unto you. ^39And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even. ^40And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. ^41And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten. ^42Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all fours, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination. ^43Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. ^44For I am Jehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the earth. ^45For I am Jehovah that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. ^46This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth; ^47to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 12 12 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean. ^3And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. ^4And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. ^5But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her impurity; and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. ^6And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb a year old for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a sin-offering, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest: ^7and he shall offer it before Jehovah, and make atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. This is the law for her that beareth, whether a male or a female. ^8And if her means suffice not for a lamb, then she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons; the one for a burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering: and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 13 13 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ^2When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: ^3and the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and if the hair in the plague be turned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. ^4And if the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days: ^5and the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if in his eyes the plague be at a stay, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more: ^6and the priest shall look on him again the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague be dim, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. ^7But if the scab spread abroad in the skin, after that he hath showed himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again: ^8and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy. ^9When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest; ^10and the priest shall look; and, behold, if there be a white rising in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising, ^11it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: he shall not shut him up, for he is unclean. ^12And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appeareth to the priest; ^13then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean. ^14But whensoever raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. ^15And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy. ^16Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, then he shall come unto the priest; ^17and the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the plague be turned into white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean. ^18And when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a boil, and it is healed, ^19and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then is shall be showed to the priest; ^20and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy, it hath broken out in the boil. ^21But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: ^22And if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague. ^23But if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. ^24Or when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a burning by fire, and the quick flesh of the burning become a bright spot, reddish-white, or white; ^25then the priest shall look upon it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin; it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burning: and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. ^26But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the skin, but be dim; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: ^27and the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. ^28And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim; it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is the scar of the burning. ^29And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard, ^30then the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, and there be in it yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scall, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard. ^31And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and there be no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days: ^32And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the scall be not spread, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the appearance of the scall be not deeper than the skin, ^33then he shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more: ^34and in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall; and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. ^35But if the scall spread abroad in the skin after his cleansing, ^36then the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean. ^37But if in his eyes the scall be at a stay, and black hair be grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean. ^38And when a man or a woman hath in the skin of the flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; ^39then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin; he is clean. ^40And if a man's hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. ^41And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald; yet is he clean. ^42But if there be in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead. ^43Then the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague be reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh; ^44he is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his plague is in his head. ^45And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. ^46All the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be unclean; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his dwelling be. ^47The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment; ^48whether it be in warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin; ^49if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be showed unto the priest. ^50And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up that which hath the plague seven days: ^51and he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever service skin is used for; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. ^52And he shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in woollen or in linen, or anything of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. ^53And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; ^54then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more: ^55and the priest shall look, after that the plague is washed; and, behold, if the plague have not changed its color, and the plague be not spread, it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire: it is a fret, whether the bareness be within or without. ^56And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be dim after the washing thereof, then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: ^57and if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is breaking out: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire. ^58And the garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. ^59This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 14 14 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest: ^3and the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper, ^4then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: ^5And the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. ^6As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water: ^7And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the living bird into the open field. ^8And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days. ^9And it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. ^10And on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. ^11And the priest that cleanseth him shall set the man that is to be cleansed, and those things, before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. ^12And the priest shall take one of the he-lambs, and offer him for a trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah: ^13and he shall kill the he-lamb in the place where they kill the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, in the place of the sanctuary: for as the sin-offering is the priest's, so is the trespass-offering: it is most holy: ^14and the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. ^15And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand; ^16and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before Jehovah: ^17and of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass-offering: ^18and the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah. ^19And the priest shall offer the sin-offering, and make atonement for him that is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness: and afterward he shall kill the burnt-offering; ^20and the priest shall offer the burnt-offering and the meal-offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean. ^21And if he be poor, and cannot get so much, then he shall take one he-lamb for a trespass-offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering, and a log of oil; ^22and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering. ^23And on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tent of meeting, before Jehovah: ^24and the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah. ^25And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass-offering; and the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. ^26And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand; ^27and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Jehovah: ^28and the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass-offering: ^29and the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before Jehovah. ^30And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to get, ^31even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, with the meal-offering: and the priest shall make atonement for him that is to be cleansed before Jehovah. ^32This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing. ^33And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ^34When ye are come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession; ^35then he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, There seemeth to me to be as it were a plague in the house. ^36And the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goeth in to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house: ^37and he shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and the appearance thereof be lower than the wall; ^38then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days. ^39And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house; ^40then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which the plague is, and cast them into an unclean place without the city: ^41and he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scrape off, without the city into an unclean place: ^42and they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house. ^43And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken out the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plastered; ^44then the priest shall come in and look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean. ^45And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place. ^46Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even. ^47And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. ^48And if the priest shall come in, and look, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plastered; then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. ^49And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: ^50and he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water: ^51and he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times: ^52and he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: ^53but he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open field: so shall he make atonement for the house; and it shall be clean. ^54This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and for a scall, ^55and for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house, ^56and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot; ^57to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 15 15 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, ^2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath an issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean. ^3And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. ^4Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and everything whereon he sitteth shall be unclean. ^5And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. ^6And he that sitteth on anything whereon he that hath the issue sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. ^7And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. ^8And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean, then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. ^9And what saddle soever he that hath the issue rideth upon shall be unclean. ^10And whosoever toucheth anything that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. ^11And whomsoever he that hath the issue toucheth, without having rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. ^12And the earthen vessel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. ^13And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean. ^14And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and come before Jehovah unto the door of the tent of meeting, and give them unto the priest: ^15and the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah for his issue. ^16And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. ^17And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. ^18The woman also with whom a man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even. ^19And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. ^20And everything that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean: everything also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. ^21And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. ^22And whosoever toucheth anything that she sitteth upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. ^23And if it be on the bed, or on anything whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. ^24And if any man lie with her, and her impurity be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. ^25And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days not in the time of her impurity, or if she have an issue beyond the time of her impurity; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness she shall be as in the days of her impurity: she is unclean. ^26Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her impurity: and everything whereon she sitteth shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity. ^27And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. ^28But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. ^29And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting. ^30And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before Jehovah for the issue of her uncleanness. ^31Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is in the midst of them. ^32This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed of copulation goeth from him, so that he is unclean thereby; ^33and of her that is sick with her impurity, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 16 16 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Jehovah, and died; ^2and Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat. ^3Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering. ^4He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on. ^5And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two he-goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering. ^6And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself, and for his house. ^7And he shall take the two goats, and set them before Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting. ^8And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for Jehovah, and the other lot for Azazel. ^9And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the lot fell for Jehovah, and offer him for a sin-offering. ^10But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before Jehovah, to make atonement for him, to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness. ^11And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself: ^12and he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil: ^13and he shall put the incense upon the fire before Jehovah, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not: ^14and he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-seat on the east; and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. ^15Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat: ^16and he shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleannesses of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins: and so shall he do for the tent of meeting, that dwelleth with them in the midst of their uncleannesses. ^17And there shall be no man in the tent of meeting when he goeth in to make atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel. ^18And he shall go out unto the altar that is before Jehovah, and make atonement for it, and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. ^19And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleannesses of the children of Israel. ^20And when he hath made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat: ^21and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a man that is in readiness into the wilderness: ^22and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. ^23And Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there: ^24and he shall bathe his flesh in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt-offering and the burnt-offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people. ^25And the fat of the sin-offering shall he burn upon the altar. ^26And he that letteth go the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. ^27And the bullock of the sin-offering, and the goat of the sin-offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall be carried forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. ^28And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. ^29And it shall be a statute for ever unto you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born, or the stranger that sojourneth among you: ^30for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins shall ye be clean before Jehovah. ^31It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever. ^32And the priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be consecrated to be priest in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments: ^33and he shall make atonement for the holy sanctuary; and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar; and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. ^34And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make atonement for the children of Israel because of all their sins once in the year. And he did as Jehovah commanded Moses. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 17 17 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them: This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, ^3What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it without the camp, ^4and hath not brought it unto the door of the tent of meeting, to offer it as an oblation unto Jehovah before the tabernacle of Jehovah: blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people: ^5To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them unto Jehovah, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace-offerings unto Jehovah. ^6And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet savor unto Jehovah. ^7And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the he-goats, after which they play the harlot. This shall be a statute forever unto them throughout their generations. ^8And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that offereth a burnt-offering or sacrifice, ^9and bringeth it not unto the door of the tent of meeting, to sacrifice it unto Jehovah; that man shall be cut off from his people. ^10And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood, I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. ^11For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life. ^12Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. ^13And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who taketh in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. ^14For as to the life of all flesh, the blood thereof is all one with the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh; for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. ^15And every soul that eateth that which dieth of itself, or that which is torn of beasts, whether he be home-born or a sojourner, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. ^16But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 18 18 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God. ^3After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their statutes. ^4Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God. ^5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah. ^6None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am Jehovah. ^7The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. ^8The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. ^9The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. ^10The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness. ^11The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. ^12Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman. ^13Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman. ^14Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. ^15Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. ^16Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness. ^17Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness. ^18And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time. ^19And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness. ^20And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her. ^21And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through the fire to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah. ^22Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. ^23And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion. ^24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you; ^25And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants. ^26Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you; ^27(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled); ^28that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. ^29For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people. ^30Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 19 19 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy; for I Jehovah your God am holy. ^3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God. ^4Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God. ^5And when ye offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah, ye shall offer it that ye may be accepted. ^6It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if aught remain until the third day, it shall be burnt with fire. ^7And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination; it shall not be accepted: ^8but every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the holy thing of Jehovah: and that soul shall be cut off from his people. ^9And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest. ^10And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God. ^11Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another. ^12And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah. ^13Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. ^14Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind; but thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah. ^15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor. ^16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah. ^17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. ^18Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah. ^19Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed: neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together. ^20And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; they shall be punished; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. ^21And he shall bring his trespass-offering unto Jehovah, unto the door of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a trespass-offering. ^22And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering before Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned: and the sin which he hath sinned shall be forgiven him. ^23And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as their uncircumcision: three years shall they be as uncircumcised unto you; it shall not be eaten. ^24But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy, for giving praise unto Jehovah. ^25And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am Jehovah your God. ^26Ye shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practise augury. ^27Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. ^28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah. ^29Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. ^30Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Jehovah. ^31Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am Jehovah your God. ^32Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah. ^33And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong. ^34The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God. ^35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. ^36Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. ^37And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 20 20 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. ^3I also will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. ^4And if the people at the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death; ^5then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that play the harlot after him, to play the harlot with Molech, from among their people. ^6And the soul that turneth unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to play the harlot after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. ^7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am Jehovah your God. ^8And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you. ^9For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him. ^10And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. ^11And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. ^12And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. ^13And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. ^14And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. ^15And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. ^16And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. ^17And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. ^18And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath made naked her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. ^19And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister; for he hath made naked his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. ^20And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. ^21And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. ^22Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them; that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out. ^23And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. ^24But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples. ^25Ye shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by bird, or by anything wherewith the ground teemeth, which I have separated from you as unclean. ^26And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine. ^27A man also or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 21 21 ^1And Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people; ^2except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, ^3and for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, that hath had no husband; for her may he defile himself. ^4He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. ^5They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. ^6They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. ^7They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. ^8Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I Jehovah, who sanctify you, am holy. ^9And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. ^10And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head go loose, nor rend his clothes; ^11neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; ^12neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am Jehovah. ^13And he shall take a wife in her virginity. ^14A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a harlot, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife. ^15And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him. ^16And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^17Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. ^18For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or anything superfluous, ^19or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, ^20or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; ^21no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, shall come nigh to offer the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. ^22He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy: ^23only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them. ^24So Moses spake unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 22 22 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, and that they profane not my holy name: I am Jehovah. ^3Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed throughout your generations, that approacheth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before me: I am Jehovah. ^4What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; ^5or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; ^6the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water. ^7And when the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread. ^8That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am Jehovah. ^9They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them. ^10There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest's, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. ^11But if a priest buy any soul, the purchase of his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread. ^12And if a priest's daughter be married unto a stranger, she shall not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things. ^13But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and be returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's bread: but there shall no stranger eat thereof. ^14And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing. ^15And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto Jehovah, ^16and so cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them. ^17And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^18Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whosoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, that offereth his oblation, whether it be any of their vows, or any of their freewill-offerings, which they offer unto Jehovah for a burnt-offering; ^19that ye may be accepted, ye shall offer a male without blemish, of the bullocks, of the sheep, or of the goats. ^20But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. ^21And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah to accomplish a vow, or for a freewill-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. ^22Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto Jehovah, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto Jehovah. ^23Either a bullock or a lamb that hath anything superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill-offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. ^24That which hath its stones bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut, ye shall not offer unto Jehovah; neither shall ye do thus in your land. ^25Neither from the hand of a foreigner shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, there is a blemish in them: they shall not be accepted for you. ^26And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^27When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the oblation of an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. ^28And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day. ^29And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto Jehovah, ye shall sacrifice it that ye may be accepted. ^30On the same day it shall be eaten; ye shall leave none of it until the morning: I am Jehovah. ^31Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am Jehovah. ^32And ye shall not profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am Jehovah who halloweth you, ^33who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Jehovah. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 23 23 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, The set feasts of Jehovah, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts. ^3Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work: it is a sabbath unto Jehovah in all your dwellings. ^4These are the set feasts of Jehovah, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season. ^5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, is Jehovah's passover. ^6And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto Jehovah: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread. ^7In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work. ^8But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah seven days: in the seventh day is a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work. ^9And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring the sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest: ^11and he shall wave the sheaf before Jehovah, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. ^12And in the day when ye wave the sheaf, ye shall offer a he-lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah. ^13And the meal-offering thereof shall be two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah for a sweet savor; and the drink-offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin. ^14And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh ears, until this selfsame day, until ye have brought the oblation of your God: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. ^15And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; seven sabbaths shall there be complete: ^16even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meal-offering unto Jehovah. ^17Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah: they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baken with leaven, for first-fruits unto Jehovah. ^18And ye shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish a year old, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be a burnt-offering unto Jehovah, with their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. ^19And ye shall offer one he-goat for a sin-offering, and two he-lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace-offerings. ^20And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave-offering before Jehovah, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to Jehovah for the priest. ^21And ye shall make proclamation on the selfsame day; there shall be a holy convocation unto you; ye shall do no servile work: it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. ^22And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them for the poor, and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God. ^23And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^24Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. ^25Ye shall do no servile work; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. ^26And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^27Howbeit on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. ^28And ye shall do no manner of work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Jehovah your God. ^29For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day; he shall be cut off from his people. ^30And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any manner of work in that same day, that soul will I destroy from among his people. ^31Ye shall do no manner of work: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. ^32It shall be unto you a sabbath of solemn rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye keep your sabbath. ^33And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^34Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto Jehovah. ^35On the first day shall be a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work. ^36Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: it is a solemn assembly; ye shall do no servile work. ^37These are the set feasts of Jehovah, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, a burnt-offering, and a meal-offering, a sacrifice, and drink-offerings, each on its own day; ^38besides the sabbaths of Jehovah, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill-offerings, which ye give unto Jehovah. ^39Howbeit on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruits of the land, ye shall keep the feast of Jehovah seven days: on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest. ^40And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God seven days. ^41And ye shall keep it a feast unto Jehovah seven days in the year: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations; ye shall keep it in the seventh month. ^42Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are home-born in Israel shall dwell in booths; ^43that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God. ^44And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the set feasts of Jehovah. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 24 24 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually. ^3Without the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah continually: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations. ^4He shall keep in order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before Jehovah continually. ^5And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake. ^6And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah. ^7And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. ^8Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant. ^9And it shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by a perpetual statute. ^10And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp: ^11and the son of the Israelitish woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. ^12And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of Jehovah. ^13And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^14Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. ^15And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. ^16And he that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, shall be put to death. ^17And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death. ^18And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life. ^19And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him: ^20breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him. ^21And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death. ^22Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God. ^23And Moses spake to the children of Israel; and they brought forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. And the children of Israel did as Jehovah commanded Moses. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 25 25 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, ^2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto Jehovah. ^3Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruits thereof; ^4but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto Jehovah: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. ^5That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather: it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land. ^6And the sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for thee, and for thy servant and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant and for thy stranger, who sojourn with thee. ^7And for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be for food. ^8And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and there shall be unto thee the days of seven sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years. ^9Then shalt thou send abroad the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement shall ye send abroad the trumpet throughout all your land. ^10And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. ^11A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines. ^12For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. ^13In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. ^14And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong one another. ^15According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, and according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto thee. ^16According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of the crops doth he sell unto thee. ^17And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God. ^18Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. ^19And the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. ^20And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase; ^21then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for the three years. ^22And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, ye shall eat the old store. ^23And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. ^24And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. ^25If thy brother be waxed poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold. ^26And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxed rich and find sufficient to redeem it; ^27then let him reckon the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his possession. ^28But if he be not able to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. ^29And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year shall he have the right of redemption. ^30And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him that bought it, throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubilee. ^31But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee. ^32Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. ^33And if one of the Levites redeem, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. ^34But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. ^35And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee. ^36Take thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. ^37Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase. ^38I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. ^39And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bond-servant. ^40As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee: ^41then shall he go out from thee, he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. ^42For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. ^43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God. ^44And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. ^45Moreover of the children of the strangers that sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land: and they shall be your possession. ^46And ye shall make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them shall ye take your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigor. ^47And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxed rich, and thy brother be waxed poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family; ^48after that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brethren may redeem him; ^49or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be waxed rich, he may redeem himself. ^50And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him. ^51If there be yet many years, according unto them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. ^52And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption. ^53As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight. ^54And if he be not redeemed by these means, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children with him. ^55For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 26 26 ^1Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God. ^2Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah. ^3If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; ^4then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. ^5And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. ^6And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. ^7And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. ^8And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. ^9And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you. ^10And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old because of the new. ^11And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. ^12And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. ^13I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright. ^14But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; ^15and if ye shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhor mine ordinances, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant; ^16I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. ^17And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies: they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. ^18And if ye will not yet for these things hearken unto me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins. ^19And I will break the pride of your power: and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass; ^20and your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit. ^21And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. ^22And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate. ^23And if by these things ye will not be reformed unto me, but will walk contrary unto me; ^24then will I also walk contrary unto you; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for your sins. ^25And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. ^26When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. ^27And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; ^28then I will walk contrary unto you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins. ^29And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. ^30And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you. ^31And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors. ^32And I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein shall be astonished at it. ^33And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste. ^34Then shall the land enjoy its sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye are in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy its sabbaths. ^35As long as it lieth desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. ^36And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. ^37And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. ^38And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. ^39And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. ^40And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary unto me, ^41I also walked contrary unto them, and brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity; ^42then will I remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. ^43The land also shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths, while it lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected mine ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes. ^44And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am Jehovah their God; ^45but I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am Jehovah. ^46These are the statutes and ordinances and laws, which Jehovah made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by Moses. __________________________________________________________________ Leviticus 27 27 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall accomplish a vow, the persons shall be for Jehovah by thy estimation. ^3And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. ^4And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. ^5And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. ^6And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. ^7And if it be from sixty years old and upward; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. ^8But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him that vowed shall the priest value him. ^9And if it be a beast, whereof men offer an oblation unto Jehovah, all that any man giveth of such unto Jehovah shall be holy. ^10He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy. ^11And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer an oblation unto Jehovah, then he shall set the beast before the priest; ^12and the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou the priest valuest it, so shall it be. ^13But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy estimation. ^14And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto Jehovah, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. ^15And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his. ^16And if a man shall sanctify unto Jehovah part of the field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the sowing thereof: the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. ^17If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy estimation it shall stand. ^18But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain unto the year of jubilee; and an abatement shall be made from thy estimation. ^19And if he that sanctified the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. ^20And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more: ^21but the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto Jehovah, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's. ^22And if he sanctify unto Jehovah a field which he hath bought, which is not of the field of his possession; ^23then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation unto the year of jubilee: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto Jehovah. ^24In the year of jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongeth. ^25And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. ^26Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstling to Jehovah, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox or sheep, it is Jehovah's. ^27And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it according to thine estimation, and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation. ^28Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto Jehovah of all that he hath, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto Jehovah. ^29No one devoted, that shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death. ^30And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is Jehovah's: it is holy unto Jehovah. ^31And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof. ^32And all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto Jehovah. ^33He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. ^34These are the commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai. __________________________________________________________________ The Fourth Book of Moses, called Numbers __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 1 1 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, ^2Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls; ^3from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them by their hosts. ^4And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of his fathers' house. ^5And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you. Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur. ^6Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ^7Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ^8Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar. ^9Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon. ^10Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ^11Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni. ^12Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ^13Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran. ^14Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel. ^15Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan. ^16These are they that were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel. ^17And Moses and Aaron took these men that are mentioned by name: ^18And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. ^19As Jehovah commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. ^20And the children of Reuben, Israel's first-born, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ^21those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. ^22Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, those that were numbered thereof, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ^23those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. ^24Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ^25those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. ^26Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ^27those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. ^28Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ^29those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. ^30Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ^31those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. ^32Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ^33those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. ^34Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ^35those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. ^36Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ^37those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. ^38Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ^39those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. ^40Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ^41those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. ^42Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ^43those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. ^44These are they that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers' house. ^45So all they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel; ^46even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. ^47But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. ^48For Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^49Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel; ^50but appoint thou the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that belongeth to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. ^51And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. ^52And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts. ^53But the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony. ^54Thus did the children of Israel; according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so did they. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 2 2 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ^2The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers' houses: over against the tent of meeting shall they encamp round about. ^3And those that encamp on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ^4And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. ^5And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar. ^6And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. ^7And the tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon. ^8And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. ^9All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their hosts. They shall set forth first. ^10On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. ^11And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. ^12And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ^13And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. ^14And the tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. ^15And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. ^16All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second. ^17Then the tent of meeting shall set forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards. ^18On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. ^19And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. ^20And next unto him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ^21And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. ^22And the tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. ^23And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. ^24All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred thousand and eight thousand and a hundred, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth third. ^25On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ^26And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. ^27And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran. ^28And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. ^29And the tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. ^30And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. ^31All that were numbered of the camp of Dan were a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall set forth hindmost by their standards. ^32These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses: all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. ^33But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^34Thus did the children of Israel; according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set forward, every one by their families, according to their fathers' houses. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 3 3 ^1Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spake with Moses in mount Sinai. ^2And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ^3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. ^4And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah, when they offered strange fire before Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the presence of Aaron their father. ^5And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^6Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. ^7And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. ^8And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. ^9And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him on the behalf of the children of Israel. ^10And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. ^11And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^12And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the first-born that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine: ^13for all the first-born are mine; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the first-born in Israel, both man and beast; mine they shall be: I am Jehovah. ^14And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, ^15Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. ^16And Moses numbered them according to the word of Jehovah, as he was commanded. ^17And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. ^18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. ^19And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ^20And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses. ^21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites. ^22Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. ^23The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward. ^24And the prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. ^25And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the Tent, the covering thereof, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, ^26and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. ^27And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. ^28According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. ^29The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward. ^30And the prince of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. ^31And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof. ^32And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. ^33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. ^34And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. ^35And the prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward. ^36And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the instruments thereof, and all the service thereof, ^37and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. ^38And those that encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. ^39All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. ^40And Jehovah said unto Moses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. ^41And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am Jehovah) instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel: ^42and Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel. ^43And all the first-born males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. ^44And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^45Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah. ^46And for the redemption of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first-born of the children of Israel, that are over and above the number of the Levites, ^47thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs): ^48and thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. ^49And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites; ^50from the first-born of the children of Israel took he the money, a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: ^51and Moses gave the redemption-money unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Jehovah, as Jehovah commanded Moses. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 4 4 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ^2Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses, ^3from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. ^4This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things: ^5when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it, ^6and shall put thereon a covering of sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. ^7And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls and the cups wherewith to pour out; and the continual bread shall be thereon: ^8and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof. ^9And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: ^10and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it upon the frame. ^11And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof: ^12and they shall take all the vessels of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame. ^13And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: ^14and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, the firepans, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of sealskin, and put in the staves thereof. ^15And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting. ^16And the charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the continual meal-offering, and the anointing oil, the charge of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, the sanctuary, and the furniture thereof. ^17And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ^18Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites; ^19but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden; ^20but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die. ^21And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^22Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families; ^23from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to wait upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. ^24This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens: ^25they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above upon it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, ^26and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatsoever shall be done with them: therein shall they serve. ^27At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burden. ^28This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. ^29As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers' houses; ^30from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth upon the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting. ^31And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, ^32and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden. ^33This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. ^34And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' houses, ^35from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting: ^36and those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. ^37These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses. ^38And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families, and by their fathers' houses, ^39from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting, ^40even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. ^41These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah. ^42And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses, ^43from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting, ^44even those that were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand and two hundred. ^45These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses. ^46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, ^47from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered in to do the work of service, and the work of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting, ^48even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. ^49According to the commandment of Jehovah they were numbered by Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as Jehovah commanded Moses. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 5 5 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean by the dead: ^3both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camp, in the midst whereof I dwell. ^4And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp; as Jehovah spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. ^5And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^6Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, so as to trespass against Jehovah, and that soul shall be guilty; ^7then he shall confess his sin which he hath done: and he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him in respect of whom he hath been guilty. ^8But if the man have no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made unto Jehovah shall be the priest's; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby atonement shall be made for him. ^9And every heave-offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they present unto the priest, shall be his. ^10And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. ^11And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^12Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, ^13and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, and she be not taken in the act; ^14and the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled: ^15then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and shall bring her oblation for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is a meal-offering of jealousy, a meal-offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. ^16And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before Jehovah: ^17and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water. ^18And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy: and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causeth the curse. ^19And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou have not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse. ^20But if thou have gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband: ^21then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, Jehovah make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when Jehovah doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy body to swell; ^22and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy body to swell, and thy thigh to fall away. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen. ^23And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness: ^24and he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causeth the curse; and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter. ^25And the priest shall take the meal-offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the meal-offering before Jehovah, and bring it unto the altar: ^26and the priest shall take a handful of the meal-offering, as the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water. ^27And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her body shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away: and the woman shall be a curse among her people. ^28And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. ^29This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled; ^30or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then shall he set the woman before Jehovah, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. ^31And the man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 6 6 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself unto Jehovah, ^3he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. ^4All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the grape-vine, from the kernels even to the husk. ^5All the days of his vow of separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in which he separateth himself unto Jehovah, he shall be holy; he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long. ^6All the days that he separateth himself unto Jehovah he shall not come near to a dead body. ^7He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because his separation unto God is upon his head. ^8All the days of his separation he is holy unto Jehovah. ^9And if any man die very suddenly beside him, and he defile the head of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. ^10And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting: ^11and the priest shall offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, and make atonement for him, for that he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. ^12And he shall separate unto Jehovah the days of his separation, and shall bring a he-lamb a year old for a trespass-offering; but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled. ^13And this is the law of the Nazirite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tent of meeting: ^14and he shall offer his oblation unto Jehovah, one he-lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt-offering, and one ewe-lamb a year old without blemish for a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish for peace-offerings, ^15and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings. ^16And the priest shall present them before Jehovah, and shall offer his sin-offering, and his burnt-offering: ^17and he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. ^18And the Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tent of meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace-offerings. ^19And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazirite, after he hath shaven the head of his separation; ^20and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; this is holy for the priest, together with the wave-breast and heave-thigh: and after that the Nazirite may drink wine. ^21This is the law of the Nazirite who voweth, and of his oblation unto Jehovah for his separation, besides that which he is able to get: according to his vow which he voweth, so he must do after the law of his separation. ^22And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^23Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel: ye shall say unto them, ^24Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee: ^25Jehovah make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: ^26Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. ^27So shall they put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 7 7 ^1And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them; ^2that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were numbered: ^3and they brought their oblation before Jehovah, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle. ^4And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^5Take it of them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. ^6And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. ^7Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service: ^8and four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. ^9But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders. ^10And the princes offered for the dedication of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their oblation before the altar. ^11And Jehovah said unto Moses, They shall offer their oblation, each prince on his day, for the dedication of the altar. ^12And he that offered his oblation the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: ^13and his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; ^14one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; ^15one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; ^16one male of the goats for a sin-offering; ^17and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ^18On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: ^19he offered for his oblation one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; ^20one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; ^21one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; ^22one male of the goats for a sin-offering; ^23and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Nethanel the son of Zuar. ^24On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun.: ^25his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; ^26one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; ^27one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; ^28one male of the goats for a sin-offering; ^29and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Eliab the son of Helon. ^30On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben: ^31his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; ^32one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; ^33one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; ^34one male of the goats for a sin-offering; ^35and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Elizur the son of Shedeur. ^36On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon: ^37his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; ^38one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; ^39one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; ^40one male of the goats for a sin-offering; ^41and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ^42On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad: ^43his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; ^44one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; ^45one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; ^46one male of the goats for a sin-offering; ^47and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. ^48On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim: ^49his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; ^50one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; ^51one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; ^52one male of the goats for a sin-offering; ^53and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Elishama the son of Ammihud. ^54On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh: ^55his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; ^56one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; ^57one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; ^58one male of the goats for a sin-offering; ^59and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ^60On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin: ^61his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; ^62one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; ^63one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; ^64one male of the goats for a sin-offering; ^65and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Abidan the son of Gideoni. ^66On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan: ^67his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; ^68one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; ^69one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; ^70one male of the goats for a sin-offering; ^71and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ^72On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the children of Asher: ^73his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; ^74one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; ^75one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; ^76one male of the goats for a sin-offering; ^77and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Pagiel the son of Ochran. ^78On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali: ^79his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred a thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; ^80one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; ^81one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; ^82one male of the goats for a sin-offering; ^83and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Ahira the son of Enan. ^84This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden spoons; ^85each silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; ^86the twelve golden spoons, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the spoons a hundred and twenty shekels; ^87all the oxen for the burnt-offering twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the he-lambs a year old twelve, and their meal-offering; and the males of the goats for a sin-offering twelve; ^88and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace-offerings twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty, the he-lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. ^89And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with him, then he heard the Voice speaking unto him from above the mercy-seat that was upon the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spake unto him. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 8 8 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick. ^3And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof so as to give light in front of the candlestick, as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^4And this was the work of the candlestick, beaten work of gold; unto the base thereof, and unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work: according unto the pattern which Jehovah had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick. ^5And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^6Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. ^7And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves. ^8Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering. ^9And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting: and thou shalt assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel: ^10and thou shalt present the Levites before Jehovah. And the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites: ^11and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah for a wave-offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Jehovah. ^12And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and offer thou the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, unto Jehovah, to make atonement for the Levites. ^13And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto Jehovah. ^14Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine. ^15And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering. ^16For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me. ^17For all the first-born among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. ^18And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel. ^19And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. ^20Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the Levites: according unto all that Jehovah commanded Moses touching the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. ^21And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes: and Aaron offered them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. ^22And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. ^23And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^24This is that which belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the work of the tent of meeting: ^25and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more, ^26but shall minister with their brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charges. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 9 9 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, ^2Moreover let the children of Israel keep the passover in its appointed season. ^3In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in its appointed season: according to all the statutes of it, and according to all the ordinances thereof, shall ye keep it. ^4And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. ^5And they kept the passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at even, in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. ^6And there were certain men, who were unclean by reason of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: ^7and those men said unto him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season among the children of Israel? ^8And Moses said unto them, Stay ye, that I may hear what Jehovah will command concerning you. ^9And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^10Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Jehovah. ^11In the second month on the fourteenth day at even they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs: ^12they shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to all the statute of the passover they shall keep it. ^13But the man that is clean, and is not on a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people; because he offered not the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. ^14And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto Jehovah; according to the statute of the passover, and according to the ordinance thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one statute, both for the sojourner, and for him that is born in the land. ^15And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony: and at even it was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning. ^16So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night. ^17And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel encamped. ^18At the commandment of Jehovah the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of Jehovah they encamped: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they remained encamped. ^19And when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not. ^20And sometimes the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Jehovah they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed. ^21And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed: or if it continued by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. ^22Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed. ^23At the commandment of Jehovah they encamped, and at the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed: they kept the charge of Jehovah, at the commandment of Jehovah by Moses. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 10 10 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them: and thou shalt use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps. ^3And when they shall blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves unto thee at the door of the tent of meeting. ^4And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. ^5And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey. ^6And when ye blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. ^7But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. ^8And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be to you for a statute for ever throughout your generations. ^9And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. ^10Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am Jehovah your God. ^11And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony. ^12And the children of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran. ^13And they first took their journey according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses. ^14And in the first place the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ^15And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. ^16And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. ^17And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bare the tabernacle, set forward. ^18And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. ^19And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ^20And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. ^21And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the others did set up the tabernacle against their coming. ^22And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. ^23And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ^24And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. ^25And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rearward of all the camps, set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ^26And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran. ^27And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. ^28Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts; and they set forward. ^29And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel. ^30And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. ^31And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be to us instead of eyes. ^32And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what good soever Jehovah shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. ^33And they set forward from the mount of Jehovah three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them. ^34And the cloud of Jehovah was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp. ^35And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, O Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. ^36And when it rested, he said, Return, O Jehovah, unto the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 11 11 ^1And the people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the ears of Jehovah: and when Jehovah heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of Jehovah burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp. ^2And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto Jehovah, and the fire abated. ^3And the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of Jehovah burnt among them. ^4And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? ^5We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic: ^6but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save this manna to look upon. ^7And the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium. ^8The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. ^9And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. ^10And Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased. ^11And Moses said unto Jehovah, Wherefore hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? ^12Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? ^13Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. ^14I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. ^15And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness. ^16And Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with thee. ^17And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. ^18And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Jehovah will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. ^19Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days, ^20but a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you; because that ye have rejected Jehovah who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? ^21And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. ^22Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? ^23And Jehovah said unto Moses, Is Jehovah's hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. ^24And Moses went out, and told the people the words of Jehovah: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent. ^25And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so no more. ^26But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but had not gone out unto the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp. ^27And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. ^28And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. ^29And Moses said unto him, Art thou jealous for my sake? would that all Jehovah's people were prophets, that Jehovah would put his Spirit upon them! ^30And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. ^31And there went forth a wind from Jehovah, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth. ^32And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. ^33While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague. ^34And the name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted. ^35From Kibrothhattaavah the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 12 12 ^1And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman. ^2And they said, Hath Jehovah indeed spoken only with Moses? hath he not spoken also with us? And Jehovah heard it. ^3Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth. ^4And Jehovah spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting. And they three came out. ^5And Jehovah came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth. ^6And he said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known unto him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream. ^7My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house: ^8with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Jehovah shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses? ^9And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against them; and he departed. ^10And the cloud removed from over the Tent; and, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. ^11And Aaron said unto Moses, Oh, my lord, lay not, I pray thee, sin upon us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned. ^12Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. ^13And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, Heal her, O God, I beseech thee. ^14And Jehovah said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up without the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again. ^15And Miriam was shut up without the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. ^16And afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 13 13 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Send thou men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a prince among them. ^3And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Jehovah: all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel. ^4And these were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. ^5Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. ^6Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. ^7Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. ^8Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun. ^9Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. ^10Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. ^11Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. ^12Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. ^13Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. ^14Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. ^15Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. ^16These are the names of the men that Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua. ^17And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country: ^18and see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many; ^19and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds; ^20and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes. ^21So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath. ^22And they went up by the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) ^23And they came unto the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it upon a staff between two; they brought also of the pomegranates, and of the figs. ^24That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence. ^25And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days. ^26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. ^27And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us; and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. ^28Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. ^29Amalek dwelleth in the land of the South: and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanite dwelleth by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan. ^30And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. ^31But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. ^32And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature. ^33And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 14 14 ^1And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. ^2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness! ^3And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt? ^4And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. ^5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. ^6And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes: ^7and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land. ^8If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. ^9Only rebel not against Jehovah, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is removed from over them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not. ^10But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of Jehovah appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the children of Israel. ^11And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them? ^12I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they. ^13And Moses said unto Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them; ^14and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou Jehovah art in the midst of this people; for thou Jehovah art seen face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night. ^15Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, ^16Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. ^17And now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, ^18Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. ^19Pardon, I pray thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy lovingkindness, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. ^20And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word: ^21but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah; ^22because all those men that have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; ^23surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised me see it: ^24but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. ^25Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea. ^26And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ^27How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. ^28Say unto them, As I live, saith Jehovah, surely as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: ^29your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, that have murmured against me, ^30surely ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. ^31But your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected. ^32But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness. ^33And your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your whoredoms, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness. ^34After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my alienation. ^35I, Jehovah, have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. ^36And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land, ^37even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah. ^38But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land. ^39And Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. ^40And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which Jehovah hath promised: for we have sinned. ^41And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper? ^42Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies. ^43For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned back from following Jehovah, therefore Jehovah will not be with you. ^44But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. ^45Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 15 15 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you, ^3and will make an offering by fire unto Jehovah, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill-offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet savor unto Jehovah, of the herd, or of the flock; ^4then shall he that offereth his oblation offer unto Jehovah a meal-offering of a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of oil: ^5and wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, shalt thou prepare with the burnt-offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb. ^6Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meal-offering two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the third part of a hin of oil: ^7and for the drink-offering thou shalt offer the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. ^8And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt-offering, or for a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or for peace-offerings unto Jehovah; ^9then shall he offer with the bullock a meal-offering of three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil: ^10and thou shalt offer for the drink-offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. ^11Thus shall it be done for each bullock, or for each ram, or for each of the he-lambs, or of the kids. ^12According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number. ^13All that are home-born shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. ^14And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever may be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah; as ye do, so he shall do. ^15For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you, a statute for ever throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the sojourner be before Jehovah. ^16One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. ^17And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^18Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you, ^19then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up a heave-offering unto Jehovah. ^20Of the first of your dough ye shall offer up a cake for a heave-offering: as the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye heave it. ^21Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto Jehovah a heave-offering throughout your generations. ^22And when ye shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses, ^23even all that Jehovah hath commanded you by Moses, from the day that Jehovah gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations; ^24then it shall be, if it be done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savor unto Jehovah, with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof, according to the ordinance, and one he-goat for a sin-offering. ^25And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their oblation, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, and their sin-offering before Jehovah, for their error: ^26and all the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; for in respect of all the people it was done unwittingly. ^27And if one person sin unwittingly, then he shall offer a she-goat a year old for a sin-offering. ^28And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that erreth, when he sinneth unwittingly, before Jehovah, to make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven. ^29Ye shall have one law for him that doeth aught unwittingly, for him that is home-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. ^30But the soul that doeth aught with a high hand, whether he be home-born or a sojourner, the same blasphemeth Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. ^31Because he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. ^32And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day. ^33And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. ^34And they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to him. ^35And Jehovah said unto Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. ^36And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him to death with stones; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^37And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^38Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of each border a cord of blue: ^39and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye follow not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to play the harlot; ^40that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. ^41I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Jehovah your God. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 16 16 ^1Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: ^2and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown; ^3and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and Jehovah is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of Jehovah? ^4And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: ^5and he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, In the morning Jehovah will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near unto him. ^6This do: take you censers, Korah, and all his company; ^7and put fire in them, and put incense upon them before Jehovah to-morrow: and it shall be that the man whom Jehovah doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. ^8And Moses said unto Korah, Hear now, ye sons of Levi: ^9seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them; ^10and that he hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee? and seek ye the priesthood also? ^11Therefore thou and all thy company are gathered together against Jehovah: and Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him? ^12And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, We will not come up: ^13is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us? ^14Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. ^15And Moses was very wroth, and said unto Jehovah, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. ^16And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before Jehovah, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow: ^17and take ye every man his censer, and put incense upon them, and bring ye before Jehovah every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each his censer. ^18And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron. ^19And Korah assembled all the congregation against them unto the door of the tent of meeting: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto all the congregation. ^20And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ^21Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. ^22And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? ^23And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^24Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. ^25And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. ^26And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. ^27So they gat them up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones. ^28And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. ^29If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then Jehovah hath not sent me. ^30But if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah. ^31And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them; ^32and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. ^33So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly. ^34And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up. ^35And fire came forth from Jehovah, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense. ^36And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^37Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are holy, ^38even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Jehovah; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. ^39And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, ^40to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, that is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before Jehovah; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as Jehovah spake unto him by Moses. ^41But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of Jehovah. ^42And it came to pass, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Jehovah appeared. ^43And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting. ^44And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^45Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. ^46And Moses said unto Aaron, Take they censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah; the plague is begun. ^47And Aaron took as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. ^48And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. ^49Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah. ^50And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting: and the plague was stayed. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 17 17 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod. ^3And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses. ^4And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you. ^5And it shall come to pass, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you. ^6And Moses spake unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. ^7And Moses laid up the rods before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony. ^8And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bare ripe almonds. ^9And Moses brought out all the rods from before Jehovah unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. ^10And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that thou mayest make an end of their murmurings against me, that they die not. ^11Thus did Moses: as Jehovah commanded him, so did he. ^12And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. ^13Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah, dieth: shall we perish all of us? __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 18 18 ^1And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy fathers' house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. ^2And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tent of the testimony. ^3And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the Tent: only they shall not come nigh unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar, that they die not, neither they, nor ye. ^4And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. ^5And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there be wrath no more upon the children of Israel. ^6And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given unto Jehovah, to do the service of the tent of meeting. ^7And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and ye shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. ^8And Jehovah spake unto Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of my heave-offerings, even all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, as a portion for ever. ^9This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, even every meal-offering of theirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every trespass-offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. ^10As the most holy things shalt thou eat thereof; every male shall eat thereof: it shall be holy unto thee. ^11And this is thine: the heave-offering of their gift, even all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, as a portion for ever; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof. ^12All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give unto Jehovah, to thee have I given them. ^13The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring unto Jehovah, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof. ^14Everything devoted in Israel shall be thine. ^15Everything that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto Jehovah, both of man and beast shall be thine: nevertheless the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. ^16And those that are to be redeemed of them from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary (the same is twenty gerahs). ^17But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savor unto Jehovah. ^18And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine. ^19All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto Jehovah, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a portion for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before Jehovah unto thee and to thy seed with thee. ^20And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. ^21And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting. ^22And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die. ^23But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. ^24For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering unto Jehovah, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. ^25And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^26Moreover thou shalt speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up a heave-offering of it for Jehovah, a tithe of the tithe. ^27And your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the grain of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the winepress. ^28Thus ye also shall offer a heave-offering unto Jehovah of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and thereof ye shall give Jehovah's heave-offering to Aaron the priest. ^29Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave-offering of Jehovah, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. ^30Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye heave the best thereof from it, then it shall be reckoned unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine-press. ^31And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting. ^32And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best thereof: and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that ye die not. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 19 19 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ^2This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke. ^3And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: ^4and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times. ^5And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: ^6and the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. ^7Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. ^8And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. ^9And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place; and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water for impurity: it is a sin-offering. ^10And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. ^11He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days: ^12the same shall purify himself therewith on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. ^13Whosoever toucheth a dead person, the body of a man that hath died, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water for impurity was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. ^14This is the law when a man dieth in a tent: every one that cometh into the tent, and every one that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. ^15And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. ^16And whosoever in the open field toucheth one that is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. ^17And for the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin-offering; and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: ^18and a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave: ^19and the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify him; and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. ^20But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of Jehovah: the water for impurity hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. ^21And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them: and he that sprinkleth the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he that toucheth the water for impurity shall be unclean until even. ^22And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 20 20 ^1And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. ^2And there was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. ^3And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah! ^4And why have ye brought the assembly of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts? ^5And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. ^6And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto them. ^7And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^8Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock; so thou shalt give the congregation and their cattle drink. ^9And Moses took the rod from before Jehovah, as he commanded him. ^10And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; shall we bring you forth water out of this rock? ^11And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle. ^12And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them. ^13These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them. ^14And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: ^15how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers: ^16and when we cried unto Jehovah, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border. ^17Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border. ^18And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against thee. ^19And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price thereof: let me only, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet. ^20And he said, Thou shalt not pass through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. ^21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him. ^22And they journeyed from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came unto mount Hor. ^23And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying, ^24Aaron shall be gathered unto his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah. ^25Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor; ^26and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there. ^27And Moses did as Jehovah commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. ^28And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. ^29And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 21 21 ^1And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive. ^2And Israel vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. ^3And Jehovah hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and the name of the place was called Hormah. ^4And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. ^5And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. ^6And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. ^7And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray unto Jehovah, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. ^8And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live. ^9And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived. ^10And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth. ^11And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. ^12From thence they journeyed, and encamped in the valley of Zered. ^13From thence they journeyed, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that cometh out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. ^14Wherefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Jehovah, Vaheb in Suphah, And the valleys of the Arnon, ^15And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the dwelling of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab. ^16And from thence they journeyed to Beer: that is the well whereof Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. ^17Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: ^18The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah; ^19and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth; ^20and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh down upon the desert. ^21And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, ^22Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed thy border. ^23And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel. ^24And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. ^25And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns thereof. ^26For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto the Arnon. ^27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established: ^28For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon: It hath devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon. ^29Woe to thee, Moab! Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: He hath given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto Sihon king of the Amorites. ^30We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, And we have laid waste even unto Nophah, Which reacheth unto Medeba. ^31Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. ^32And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. ^33And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. ^34And Jehovah said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon. ^35So they smote him, and his sons and all his people, until there was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 22 22 ^1And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho. ^2And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. ^3And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. ^4And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. ^5And he sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me. ^6Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. ^7And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. ^8And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Jehovah shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. ^9And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? ^10And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, ^11Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covereth the face of the earth: now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out. ^12And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed. ^13And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for Jehovah refuseth to give me leave to go with you. ^14And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. ^15And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they. ^16And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: ^17for I will promote thee unto very great honor, and whatsoever thou sayest unto me I will do: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. ^18And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more. ^19Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what Jehovah will speak unto me more. ^20And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do. ^21And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. ^22And God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of Jehovah placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. ^23And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. ^24Then the angel of Jehovah stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. ^25And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah, and she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again. ^26And the angel of Jehovah went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. ^27And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah, and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff. ^28And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? ^29And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me, I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed thee. ^30And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden all thy life long unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? and he said, Nay. ^31Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face. ^32And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because thy way is perverse before me: ^33and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive. ^34And Balaam said unto the angel of Jehovah, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again. ^35And the angel of Jehovah said unto Balaam, Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. ^36And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border. ^37And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honor? ^38And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. ^39And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kiriath-huzoth. ^40And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. ^41And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 23 23 ^1And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. ^2And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. ^3And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height. ^4And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. ^5And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. ^6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. ^7And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel. ^8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied? ^9For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations. ^10Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his! ^11And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. ^12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth? ^13And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. ^14And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. ^15And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder. ^16And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. ^17And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken? ^18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: ^19God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good? ^20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it. ^21He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them. ^22God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox. ^23Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shalt it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! ^24Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain. ^25And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. ^26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do? ^27And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. ^28And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert. ^29And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. ^30And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 24 24 ^1And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. ^2And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him. ^3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith; ^4He saith, who heareth the words of God, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open: ^5How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel! ^6As valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river-side, As lign-aloes which Jehovah hath planted, As cedar-trees beside the waters. ^7Water shall flow from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted. ^8God bringeth him forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox: He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, And shall break their bones in pieces, And smite them through with his arrows. ^9He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, And cursed be every one that curseth thee. ^10And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together; and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. ^11Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honor; but, lo, Jehovah hath kept thee back from honor. ^12And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers that thou sentest unto me, saying, ^13If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; what Jehovah speaketh, that will I speak? ^14And now, behold, I go unto my people: come, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. ^15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith; ^16He saith, who heareth the words of God, And knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open: ^17I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh: There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of tumult. ^18And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, who were his enemies; While Israel doeth valiantly. ^19And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, And shall destroy the remnant from the city. ^20And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; But his latter end shall come to destruction. ^21And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock. ^22Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. ^23And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this? ^24But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, And they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber; And he also shall come to destruction. ^25And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 25 25 ^1And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab: ^2for they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. ^3And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel. ^4And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may turn away from Israel. ^5And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that have joined themselves unto Baal-peor. ^6And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting. ^7And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand; ^8and he went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. ^9And those that died by the plague were twenty and four thousand. ^10And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^11Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. ^12Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: ^13and it shall be unto him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel. ^14Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites. ^15And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian. ^16And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^17Vex the Midianites, and smite them; ^18for they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 26 26 ^1And it came to pass after the plague, that Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, ^2Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel. ^3And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, ^4Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as Jehovah commanded Moses and the children of Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt. ^5Reuben, the first-born of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites; ^6of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. ^7These are the families of the Reubenites; and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. ^8And the sons of Pallu: Eliab. ^9And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, who were called of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against Jehovah, ^10and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign. ^11Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah died not. ^12The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites; ^13of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. ^14These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. ^15The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites; ^16of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites; ^17of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites. ^18These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. ^19The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. ^20And the sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. ^21And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. ^22These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. ^23The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites; ^24of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. ^25These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. ^26The sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. ^27These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. ^28The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim. ^29The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begat Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. ^30These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites; ^31and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; ^32and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. ^33And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ^34These are the families of Manasseh; and they that were numbered of them were fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. ^35These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. ^36And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. ^37These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. ^38The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; ^39of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. ^40And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. ^41These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. ^42These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. ^43All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. ^44The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Berites. ^45Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. ^46And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. ^47These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them, fifty and three thousand and four hundred. ^48The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; ^49of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. ^50These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. ^51These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. ^52And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^53Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. ^54To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one according to those that were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given. ^55Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. ^56According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer. ^57And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites. ^58These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begat Amram. ^59And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. ^60And unto Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ^61And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before Jehovah. ^62And they that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, every male from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. ^63These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. ^64But among these there was not a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. ^65For Jehovah had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 27 27 ^1Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. ^2And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the tent of meeting, saying, ^3Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of them that gathered themselves together against Jehovah in the company of Korah: but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons. ^4Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father. ^5And Moses brought their cause before Jehovah. ^6And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^7The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. ^8And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. ^9And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. ^10And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. ^11And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute and ordinance, as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^12And Jehovah said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. ^13And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered; ^14because ye rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) ^15And Moses spake unto Jehovah, saying, ^16Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, ^17who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of Jehovah be not as sheep which have no shepherd. ^18And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay thy hand upon him; ^19and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. ^20And thou shalt put of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey. ^21And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. ^22And Moses did as Jehovah commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: ^23and he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as Jehovah spake by Moses. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 28 28 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My oblation, my food for my offerings made by fire, of a sweet savor unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season. ^3And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto Jehovah: he-lambs a year old without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt-offering. ^4The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even; ^5and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil. ^6It is a continual burnt-offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. ^7And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou pour out a drink-offering of strong drink unto Jehovah. ^8And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meal-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. ^9And on the sabbath day two he-lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof: ^10this is the burnt-offering of every sabbath, besides the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof. ^11And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto Jehovah: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish; ^12and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, for each bullock; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, for the one ram; ^13and a tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering unto every lamb; for a burnt-offering of a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. ^14And their drink-offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bullock, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb: this is the burnt-offering of every month throughout the months of the year. ^15And one he-goat for a sin-offering unto Jehovah; it shall be offered besides the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof. ^16And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Jehovah's passover. ^17And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. ^18In the first day shall be a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work; ^19but ye shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt-offering unto Jehovah: two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven he-lambs a year old; they shall be unto you without blemish; ^20and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil: three tenth parts shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth parts for the ram; ^21a tenth part shalt thou offer for every lamb of the seven lambs; ^22and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you. ^23Ye shall offer these besides the burnt-offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt-offering. ^24After this manner ye shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of the offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah: it shall be offered besides the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof. ^25And on the seventh day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work. ^26Also in the day of the first-fruits, when ye offer a new meal-offering unto Jehovah in your feast of weeks, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work; ^27but ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet savor unto Jehovah: two young bullocks, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old; ^28and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for each bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram, ^29a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; ^30one he-goat, to make atonement for you. ^31Besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, ye shall offer them (they shall be unto you without blemish), and their drink-offerings. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 29 29 ^1And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets unto you. ^2And ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet savor unto Jehovah: one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish; ^3and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the ram, ^4and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; ^5and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you; ^6besides the burnt-offering of the new moon, and the meal-offering thereof, and the continual burnt-offering and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings, according unto their ordinance, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. ^7And on the tenth day of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall do no manner of work; ^8but ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto Jehovah for a sweet savor: one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old; they shall be unto you without blemish; ^9and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram, ^10a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs: ^11one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the sin-offering of atonement, and the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings. ^12And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto Jehovah seven days: ^13and ye shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish; ^14and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams, ^15and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs; ^16and one he-goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. ^17And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; ^18and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; ^19and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings. ^20And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; ^21and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; ^22and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. ^23And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; ^24their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; ^25and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. ^26And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; ^27and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; ^28and one he-goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. ^29And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; ^30and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; ^31and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offerings thereof. ^32And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; ^33and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; ^34and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. ^35On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work; ^36but ye shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah: one bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish; ^37their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ordinance: ^38and one he-goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. ^39These ye shall offer unto Jehovah in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings, and for your meal-offerings, and for your drink-offerings, and for your peace-offerings. ^40And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 30 30 ^1And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded. ^2When a man voweth a vow unto Jehovah, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. ^3Also when a woman voweth a vow unto Jehovah, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth, ^4and her father heareth her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father holdeth his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. ^5But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth, none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and Jehovah will forgive her, because her father disallowed her. ^6And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul, ^7and her husband hear it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he heareth it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. ^8But if her husband disallow her in the day that he heareth it, then he shall make void her vow which is upon her, and the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul: and Jehovah will forgive her. ^9But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even everything wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her. ^10And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, ^11and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. ^12But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and Jehovah will forgive her. ^13Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. ^14But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he hath established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. ^15But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity. ^16These are the statutes, which Jehovah commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father's house. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 31 31 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. ^3And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Jehovah's vengeance on Midian. ^4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. ^5So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. ^6And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand. ^7And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male. ^8And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. ^9And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey. ^10And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire. ^11And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast. ^12And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho. ^13And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. ^14And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war. ^15And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? ^16Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Jehovah. ^17Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. ^18But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. ^19And encamp ye without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives. ^20And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, ye shall purify yourselves. ^21And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war that went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses: ^22howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, ^23everything that may abide the fire, ye shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make to go through the water. ^24And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp. ^25And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^26Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the congregation; ^27and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation. ^28And levy a tribute unto Jehovah of the men of war that went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the asses, and of the flocks: ^29take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah's heave-offering. ^30And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah. ^31And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^32Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, ^33and threescore and twelve thousand oxen, ^34and threescore and one thousand asses, ^35and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him. ^36And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep: ^37and Jehovah's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. ^38And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of which Jehovah's tribute was threescore and twelve. ^39And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which Jehovah's tribute was threescore and one. ^40And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Jehovah's tribute was thirty and two persons. ^41And Moses gave the tribute, which was Jehovah's heave-offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^42And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred ^43(now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep, ^44and thirty and six thousand oxen, ^45and thirty thousand and five hundred asses, ^46and sixteen thousand persons), ^47even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^48And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses; ^49and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. ^50And we have brought Jehovah's oblation, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah. ^51And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. ^52And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Jehovah, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. ^53(For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.) ^54And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 32 32 ^1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; ^2the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, ^3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon, ^4the land which Jehovah smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and thy servants have cattle. ^5And they said, If we have found favor in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring us not over the Jordan. ^6And Moses said unto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to the war, and shall ye sit here? ^7And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Jehovah hath given them? ^8Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. ^9For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which Jehovah had given them. ^10And Jehovah's anger was kindled in that day, and he sware, saying, ^11Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: ^12save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed Jehovah. ^13And Jehovah's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of Jehovah, was consumed. ^14And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Jehovah toward Israel. ^15For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye will destroy all this people. ^16And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: ^17but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. ^18We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. ^19For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward. ^20And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will arm yourselves to go before Jehovah to the war, ^21and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before Jehovah, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, ^22and the land is subdued before Jehovah; then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless towards Jehovah, and towards Israel; and this land shall be unto you for a possession before Jehovah. ^23But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against Jehovah; and be sure your sin will find you out. ^24Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. ^25And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. ^26Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead; ^27but thy servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before Jehovah to battle, as my lord saith. ^28So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel. ^29And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man that is armed to battle, before Jehovah, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: ^30but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. ^31And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Jehovah hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. ^32We will pass over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan. ^33And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities thereof with their borders, even the cities of the land round about. ^34And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, ^35and Atrothshophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah, ^36and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep. ^37And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim, ^38and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names unto the cities which they builded. ^39And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein. ^40And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. ^41And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair. ^42And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 33 33 ^1These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron. ^2And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of Jehovah: and these are their journeys according to their goings out. ^3And they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians, ^4while the Egyptians were burying all their first-born, whom Jehovah had smitten among them: upon their gods also Jehovah executed judgments. ^5And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth. ^6And they journeyed from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. ^7And they journeyed from Etham, and turned back unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they encamped before Migdol. ^8And they journeyed from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and they went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah. ^9And they journeyed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there. ^10And they journeyed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea. ^11And they journeyed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. ^12And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. ^13And they journeyed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. ^14And they journeyed from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. ^15And they journeyed from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai. ^16And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in Kibroth-hattaavah. ^17And they journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth. ^18And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah. ^19And they journeyed from Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon-perez. ^20And they journeyed from Rimmon-perez, and encamped in Libnah. ^21And they journeyed from Libnah, and encamped in Rissah. ^22And they journeyed from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah. ^23And they journeyed from Kehelathah, and encamped in mount Shepher. ^24And they journeyed from mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah. ^25And they journeyed from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth. ^26And they journeyed from Makheloth, and encamped in Tahath. ^27And they journeyed from Tahath, and encamped in Terah. ^28And they journeyed from Terah, and encamped in Mithkah. ^29And they journeyed from Mithkah, and encamped in Hashmonah. ^30And they journeyed from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth. ^31And they journeyed from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene-jaakan. ^32And they journeyed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped in Hor-haggidgad. ^33And they journeyed from Hor-haggidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah. ^34And they journeyed from Jotbathah, and encamped in Abronah. ^35And they journeyed from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion-geber. ^36And they journeyed from Ezion-geber, and encamped in the wilderness of Zin (the same is Kadesh). ^37And they journeyed from Kadesh, and encamped in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. ^38And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of Jehovah, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month. ^39And Aaron was a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. ^40And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. ^41And they journeyed from mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah. ^42And they journeyed from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon. ^43And they journeyed from Punon, and encamped in Oboth. ^44And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped in Iye-abarim, in the border of Moab. ^45And they journeyed from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon-gad. ^46And they journeyed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim. ^47And they journeyed from Almon-diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. ^48And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. ^49And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. ^50And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, ^51Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, ^52then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places: ^53and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it. ^54And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit. ^55But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those that ye let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. ^56And it shall come to pass, that, as I thought to do unto them, so will I do unto you. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 34 34 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^2Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof), ^3then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward; ^4and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out thereof shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon; ^5and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the sea. ^6And for the western border, ye shall have the great sea and the border thereof: this shall be your west border. ^7And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor; ^8from mount Hor ye shall mark out unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad; ^9and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border. ^10And ye shall mark out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham; ^11and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward; ^12and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about. ^13And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe; ^14for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance: ^15the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising. ^16And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^17These are the names of the men that shall divide the land unto you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. ^18And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance. ^19And these are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. ^20And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. ^21Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. ^22And of the tribe of the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli. ^23Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod. ^24And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. ^25And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. ^26And of the tribe of the children of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan. ^27And of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. ^28And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. ^29These are they whom Jehovah commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 35 35 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, ^2Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites. ^3And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts. ^4And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. ^5And ye shall measure without the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. ^6And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities. ^7All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them shall ye give with their suburbs. ^8And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many; and from the few ye shall take few: every one according to his inheritance which he inheriteth shall give of his cities unto the Levites. ^9And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, ^11then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither. ^12And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment. ^13And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge. ^14Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge. ^15For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither. ^16But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. ^17And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. ^18Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. ^19The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death. ^20And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died, ^21or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him. ^22But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait, ^23or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm; ^24then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances; ^25and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil. ^26But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth, ^27and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood, ^28because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession. ^29And these things shall be for a statute and ordinance unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. ^30Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die. ^31Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death. ^32And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. ^33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. ^34And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel. __________________________________________________________________ Numbers 36 36 ^1And the heads of the fathers' houses of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel: ^2and they said, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. ^3And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance. ^4And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. ^5And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of Jehovah, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaketh right. ^6This is the thing which Jehovah doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married. ^7So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall cleave every one to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. ^8And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers. ^9So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave every one to his own inheritance. ^10Even as Jehovah commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: ^11for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons. ^12They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. ^13These are the commandments and the ordinances which Jehovah commanded by Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. __________________________________________________________________ The Fifth Book of Moses, called Deuteronomy __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 1 1 ^1These are the words which Moses spake unto all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab. ^2It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea. ^3And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that Jehovah had given him in commandment unto them; ^4after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei. ^5Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, ^6Jehovah our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mountain: ^7turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. ^8Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. ^9And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: ^10Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. ^11Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you! ^12How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? ^13Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you. ^14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. ^15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes. ^16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him. ^17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it. ^18And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. ^19And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea. ^20And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the hill-country of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God giveth unto us. ^21Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed. ^22And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come. ^23And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe: ^24and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out. ^25And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Jehovah our God giveth unto us. ^26Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God: ^27and ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because Jehovah hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. ^28Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there. ^29Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. ^30Jehovah your God who goeth before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes, ^31and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that Jehovah thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place. ^32Yet in this thing ye did not believe Jehovah your God, ^33who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day. ^34And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, ^35Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, ^36save Caleb the son of Jephunneh: he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed Jehovah. ^37Also Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither: ^38Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage thou him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. ^39Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. ^40But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea. ^41Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country. ^42And Jehovah said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. ^43So I spake unto you, and ye hearkened not; but ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country. ^44And the Amorites, that dwelt in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah. ^45And ye returned and wept before Jehovah; but Jehovah hearkened not to your voice, nor gave ear unto you. ^46So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 2 2 ^1Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Jehovah spake unto me; and we compassed mount Seir many days. ^2And Jehovah spake unto me, saying, ^3Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. ^4And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore; ^5contend not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. ^6Ye shall purchase food of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. ^7For Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand; he hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Jehovah thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing. ^8So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. ^9And Jehovah said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. ^10(The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim: ^11these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim. ^12The Horites also dwelt in Seir aforetime, but the children of Esau succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which Jehovah gave unto them.) ^13Now rise up, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. ^14And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah sware unto them. ^15Moreover the hand of Jehovah was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed. ^16So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, ^17that Jehovah spake unto me, saying, ^18Thou art this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab: ^19and when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, vex them not, nor contend with them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession. ^20(That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim dwelt therein aforetime; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim, ^21a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Jehovah destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead; ^22as he did for the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day: ^23and the Avvim, that dwelt in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, that came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) ^24Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon: behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. ^25This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. ^26And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, ^27Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither unto the right hand nor to the left. ^28Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet, ^29as the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites that dwell in Ar, did unto me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God giveth us. ^30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day. ^31And Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. ^32Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Jahaz. ^33And Jehovah our God delivered him up before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. ^34And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left none remaining: ^35only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken. ^36From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Jehovah our God delivered up all before us: ^37only to the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill-country, and wheresoever Jehovah our God forbade us. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 3 3 ^1Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Edrei. ^2And Jehovah said unto me, Fear him not; for I have delivered him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon. ^3So Jehovah our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. ^4And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them; threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. ^5All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many. ^6And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones. ^7But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto ourselves. ^8And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon; ^9(which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir;) ^10all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. ^11(For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.) ^12And this land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites: ^13and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of Rephaim. ^14Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day.) ^15And I gave Gilead unto Machir. ^16And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and the border thereof, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; ^17the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward. ^18And I commanded you at that time, saying, Jehovah your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the men of valor. ^19But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you, ^20until Jehovah give rest unto your brethren, as unto you, and they also possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth them beyond the Jordan: then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. ^21And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall Jehovah do unto all the kingdoms whither thou goest over. ^22Ye shall not fear them; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you. ^23And I besought Jehovah at that time, saying, ^24O Lord Jehovah, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness, and thy strong hand: for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy mighty acts? ^25Let me go over, I pray thee, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. ^26But Jehovah was wroth with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me; and Jehovah said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. ^27Get thee up unto the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. ^28But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see. ^29So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 4 4 ^1And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, giveth you. ^2Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you. ^3Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor; for all the men that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee. ^4But ye that did cleave unto Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day. ^5Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it. ^6Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. ^7For what great nation is there, that hath a god so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is whensoever we call upon him? ^8And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? ^9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children; ^10the day that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, when Jehovah said unto me, Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. ^11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. ^12And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only ye heard a voice. ^13And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. ^14And Jehovah commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. ^15Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that Jehovah spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire. ^16Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, ^17the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flieth in the heavens, ^18the likeness of anything that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth; ^19and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven. ^20But Jehovah hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day. ^21Furthermore Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: ^22but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. ^23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image in the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee. ^24For Jehovah thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God. ^25When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, to provoke him to anger; ^26I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. ^27And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah shall lead you away. ^28And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. ^29But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. ^30When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, in the latter days thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and hearken unto his voice: ^31for Jehovah thy God is a merciful God; he will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. ^32For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? ^33Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? ^34Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? ^35Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God; there is none else besides him. ^36Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he made thee to see his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. ^37And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt; ^38to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as at this day. ^39Know therefore this day, and lay it to thy heart, that Jehovah he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else. ^40And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever. ^41Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; ^42that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: ^43namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites. ^44And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: ^45these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt, ^46beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, when they came forth out of Egypt. ^47And they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; ^48from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even unto mount Sion (the same is Hermon), ^49and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 5 5 ^1And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them. ^2Jehovah our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. ^3Jehovah made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. ^4Jehovah spake with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, ^5(I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to show you the word of Jehovah: for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, ^6I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. ^7Thou shalt have no other gods before me. ^8Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: ^9thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah, thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me; ^10and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. ^11Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain: for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. ^12Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee. ^13Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; ^14but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. ^15And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. ^16Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. ^17Thou shalt not kill. ^18Neither shalt thou commit adultery. ^19Neither shalt thou steal. ^20Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor. ^21Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's wife; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor's. ^22These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me. ^23And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; ^24and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth. ^25Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, then we shall die. ^26For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? ^27Go thou near, and hear all that Jehovah our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that Jehovah our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. ^28And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and Jehovah said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken. ^29Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! ^30Go say to them, Return ye to your tents. ^31But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. ^32Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. ^33Ye shall walk in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 6 6 ^1Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it; ^2that thou mightest fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. ^3Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey. ^4Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah: ^5and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. ^6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; ^7and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. ^8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes. ^9And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates. ^10And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee, great and goodly cities, which thou buildest not, ^11and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and cisterns hewn out, which thou hewedst not, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt eat and be full; ^12then beware lest thou forget Jehovah, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. ^13Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; and him shalt thou serve, and shalt swear by his name. ^14Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you; ^15for Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God; lest the anger of Jehovah thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth. ^16Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. ^17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. ^18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, ^19to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken. ^20When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you? ^21then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt: and Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand; ^22and Jehovah showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes; ^23and he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. ^24And Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day. ^25And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 7 7 ^1When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; ^2and when Jehovah thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them; then thou shalt utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them; ^3neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. ^4For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly. ^5But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire. ^6For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth. ^7Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples: ^8but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. ^9Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations, ^10and repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. ^11Thou shalt therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command thee this day, to do them. ^12And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah thy God will keep with thee the covenant and the lovingkindness which he sware unto thy fathers: ^13and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; he will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy grain and thy new wine and thine oil, the increase of thy cattle and the young of thy flock, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. ^14Thou shalt be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. ^15And Jehovah will take away from thee all sickness; and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, will he put upon thee, but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. ^16And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. ^17If thou shalt say in thy heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them? ^18thou shalt not be afraid of them: thou shalt well remember what Jehovah thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; ^19the great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, whereby Jehovah thy God brought thee out: so shall Jehovah thy God do unto all the peoples of whom thou art afraid. ^20Moreover Jehovah thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves, perish from before thee. ^21Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a great God and a terrible. ^22And Jehovah thy God will cast out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. ^23But Jehovah thy God will deliver them up before thee, and will discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they be destroyed. ^24And he will deliver their kings into thy hand, and thou shalt make their name to perish from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. ^25The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God. ^26And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and become a devoted thing like unto it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 8 8 ^1All the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers. ^2And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not. ^3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live. ^4Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. ^5And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee. ^6And thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. ^7For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills; ^8a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey; ^9a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig copper. ^10And thou shalt eat and be full, and thou shalt bless Jehovah thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. ^11Beware lest thou forget Jehovah thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: ^12lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; ^13and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; ^14then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; ^15who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; ^16who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end: ^17and lest thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth. ^18But thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as at this day. ^19And it shall be, if thou shalt forget Jehovah thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. ^20As the nations that Jehovah maketh to perish before you, so shall ye perish; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 9 9 ^1Hear, O Israel: thou art to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven, ^2a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak? ^3Know therefore this day, that Jehovah thy God is he who goeth over before thee as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before thee: so shalt thou drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Jehovah hath spoken unto thee. ^4Speak not thou in thy heart, after that Jehovah thy God hath thrust them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness Jehovah hath brought me in to possess this land; whereas for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah doth drive them out from before thee. ^5Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. ^6Know therefore, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people. ^7Remember, forget thou not, how thou provokedst Jehovah thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou wentest forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah. ^8Also in Horeb ye provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you to destroy you. ^9When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which Jehovah made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water. ^10And Jehovah delivered unto me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which Jehovah speak with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. ^11And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Jehovah gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. ^12And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. ^13Furthermore Jehovah spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: ^14let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. ^15So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. ^16And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against Jehovah your God; ye had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which Jehovah had commanded you. ^17And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. ^18And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. ^19For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith Jehovah was wroth against you to destroy you. But Jehovah hearkened unto me that time also. ^20And Jehovah was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time. ^21And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. ^22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked Jehovah to wrath. ^23And when Jehovah sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. ^24Ye have been rebellious against Jehovah from the day that I knew you. ^25So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Jehovah had said he would destroy you. ^26And I prayed unto Jehovah, and said, O Lord Jehovah, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, that thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. ^27Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin, ^28lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he promised unto them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. ^29Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 10 10 ^1At that time Jehovah said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. ^2And I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. ^3So I made an ark of acacia wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in my hand. ^4And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which Jehovah spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and Jehovah gave them unto me. ^5And I turned and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Jehovah commanded me. ^6(And the children of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead. ^7From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water. ^8At that time Jehovah set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, to stand before Jehovah to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. ^9Wherefore Levi hath no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah thy God spake unto him.) ^10And I stayed in the mount, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights: and Jehovah hearkened unto me that time also; Jehovah would not destroy thee. ^11And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them. ^12And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, ^13to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good? ^14Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein. ^15Only Jehovah had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day. ^16Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. ^17For Jehovah your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward. ^18He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment. ^19Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt. ^20Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him shalt thou serve; and to him shalt thou cleave, and by his name shalt thou swear. ^21He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. ^22Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 11 11 ^1Therefore thou shalt love Jehovah thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, alway. ^2And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children that have not known, and that have not seen the chastisement of Jehovah your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm, ^3and his signs, and his works, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land; ^4and what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how Jehovah hath destroyed them unto this day; ^5and what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came unto this place; ^6and what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel: ^7but your eyes have seen all the great work of Jehovah which he did. ^8Therefore shall ye keep all the commandment which I command thee this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go over to possess it; ^9and that ye may prolong your days in the land, which Jehovah sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey. ^10For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs; ^11but the land, whither ye go over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven, ^12a land which Jehovah thy God careth for: the eyes of Jehovah thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. ^13And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, ^14that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy grain, and thy new wine, and thine oil. ^15And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and thou shalt eat and be full. ^16Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; ^17and the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he shut up the heavens, so that there shall be no rain, and the land shall not yield its fruit; and ye perish quickly from off the good land which Jehovah giveth you. ^18Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. ^19And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. ^20And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates; ^21that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth. ^22For if ye shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; ^23then will Jehovah drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves. ^24Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea shall be your border. ^25There shall no man be able to stand before you: Jehovah your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath spoken unto you. ^26Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse: ^27the blessing, if ye shall hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah your God, which I command you this day; ^28and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. ^29And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt set the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal. ^30Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh? ^31For ye are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. ^32And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I set before you this day. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 12 12 ^1These are the statutes and the ordinances which ye shall observe to do in the land which Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. ^2Ye shall surely destroy all the places wherein the nations that ye shall dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: ^3and ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place. ^4Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah your God. ^5But unto the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come; ^6and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock: ^7and there ye shall eat before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee. ^8Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes; ^9for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. ^10But when ye go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Jehovah your God causeth you to inherit, and he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; ^11then it shall come to pass that to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto Jehovah. ^12And ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath no portion nor inheritance with you. ^13Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest; ^14but in the place which Jehovah shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. ^15Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart. ^16Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water. ^17Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy grain, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand; ^18but thou shalt eat them before Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto. ^19Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest in thy land. ^20When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul. ^21If the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to put his name there, be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which Jehovah hath given thee, as I have commanded thee; and thou mayest eat within thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul. ^22Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike. ^23Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh. ^24Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water. ^25Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah. ^26Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which Jehovah shall choose: ^27and thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of Jehovah thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of Jehovah thy God; and thou shalt eat the flesh. ^28Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God. ^29When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest in to dispossess them, and thou dispossessest them, and dwellest in their land; ^30take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. ^31Thou shalt not do so unto Jehovah thy God: for every abomination to Jehovah, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods. ^32What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 13 13 ^1If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give thee a sign or a wonder, ^2and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; ^3thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul. ^4Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. ^5And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he hath spoken rebellion against Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage, to draw thee aside out of the way which Jehovah thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. ^6If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; ^7of the gods of the peoples that are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; ^8thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: ^9but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. ^10And thou shalt stone him to death with stones, because he hath sought to draw thee away from Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. ^11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do not more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee. ^12If thou shalt hear tell concerning one of thy cities, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to dwell there, saying, ^13Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; ^14then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee, ^15thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. ^16And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, unto Jehovah thy God: and it shall be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again. ^17And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; ^18when thou shalt hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 14 14 ^1Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. ^2For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth. ^3Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. ^4These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, ^5the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the chamois. ^6And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof cloven in two, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat. ^7Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the coney; because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are unclean unto you. ^8And the swine, because he parteth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you: of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch. ^9These ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat; ^10and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you. ^11Of all clean birds ye may eat. ^12But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray, ^13and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kind, ^14and every raven after its kind, ^15and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind, ^16the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl, ^17and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant, ^18and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. ^19And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. ^20Of all clean birds ye may eat. ^21Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk. ^22Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which cometh forth from the field year by year. ^23And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God always. ^24And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God shall bless thee; ^25then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose: ^26and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household. ^27And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee. ^28At the end of every three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: ^29and the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 15 15 ^1At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. ^2And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother; because Jehovah's release hath been proclaimed. ^3Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it: but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother thy hand shall release. ^4Howbeit there shall be no poor with thee; (for Jehovah will surely bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it;) ^5if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day. ^6For Jehovah thy God will bless thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee. ^7If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother; ^8but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth. ^9Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee. ^10Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto. ^11For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land. ^12If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. ^13And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty: ^14thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; as Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. ^15And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to-day. ^16And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go out from thee; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee; ^17then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maid-servant thou shalt do likewise. ^18It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years: and Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest. ^19All the firstling males that are born of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto Jehovah thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy herd, nor shear the firstling of thy flock. ^20Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God year by year in the place which Jehovah shall choose, thou and thy household. ^21And if it have any blemish, as if it be lame or blind, any ill blemish whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto Jehovah thy God. ^22Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle, and as the hart. ^23Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 16 16 ^1Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto Jehovah thy God; for in the month of Abib Jehovah thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. ^2And thou shalt sacrifice the passover unto Jehovah thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Jehovah shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there. ^3Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. ^4And there shall be no leaven seen with thee in all thy borders seven days; neither shall any of the flesh, which thou sacrificest the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. ^5Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee; ^6but at the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. ^7And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. ^8Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Jehovah thy God; thou shalt do no work therein. ^9Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: from the time thou beginnest to put the sickle to the standing grain shalt thou begin to number seven weeks. ^10And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto Jehovah thy God with a tribute of a freewill-offering of thy hand, which thou shalt give, according as Jehovah thy God blesseth thee: ^11and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there. ^12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. ^13Thou shalt keep the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress: ^14and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. ^15Seven days shalt thou keep a feast unto Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah shall choose; because Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the work of thy hands, and thou shalt be altogether joyful. ^16Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before Jehovah empty: ^17every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee. ^18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. ^19Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. ^20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. ^21Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee. ^22Neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar; which Jehovah thy God hateth. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 17 17 ^1Thou shalt not sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God an ox, or a sheep, wherein is a blemish, or anything evil; for that is an abomination unto Jehovah thy God. ^2If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in transgressing his covenant, ^3and hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; ^4and it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, then shalt thou inquire diligently; and, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel, ^5then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, who hath done this evil thing, unto thy gates, even the man or the woman; and thou shalt stone them to death with stones. ^6At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. ^7The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee. ^8If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates; then shalt thou arise, and get thee up unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose; ^9and thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days: and thou shalt inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment. ^10And thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence which they shall show thee from that place which Jehovah shall choose; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee: ^11according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do; thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. ^12And the man that doeth presumptuously, in not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there before Jehovah thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. ^13And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously. ^14When thou art come unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me; ^15thou shalt surely set him king over thee, whom Jehovah thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee; thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother. ^16Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; forasmuch as Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. ^17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. ^18And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites: ^19and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them; ^20that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 18 18 ^1The priests the Levites, even all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and his inheritance. ^2And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah is their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them. ^3And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. ^4The first-fruits of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. ^5For Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah, him and his sons for ever. ^6And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah shall choose; ^7then he shall minister in the name of Jehovah his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before Jehovah. ^8They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. ^9When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. ^10There shall not be found with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, ^11or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer. ^12For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee. ^13Thou shalt be perfect with Jehovah thy God. ^14For these nations, that thou shalt dispossess, hearken unto them that practise augury, and unto diviners; but as for thee, Jehovah thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. ^15Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; ^16according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. ^17And Jehovah said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken. ^18I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. ^19And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. ^20But the prophet, that shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die. ^21And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? ^22when a prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which Jehovah hath not spoken: the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously, thou shalt not be afraid of him. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 19 19 ^1When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; ^2thou shalt set apart three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it. ^3Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which Jehovah thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither. ^4And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; ^5as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live: ^6lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past. ^7Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt set apart three cities for thee. ^8And if Jehovah thy God enlarge thy border, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers; ^9if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, besides these three: ^10that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee. ^11But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities; ^12then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. ^13Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. ^14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it. ^15One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established. ^16If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing, ^17then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days; ^18and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother; ^19then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. ^20And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee. ^21And thine eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 20 20 ^1When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, thou shalt not be afraid of them; for Jehovah thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. ^2And it shall be, when ye draw nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, ^3and shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye draw nigh this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint; fear not, nor tremble, neither be ye affrighted at them; ^4for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. ^5And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. ^6And what man is there that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not used the fruit thereof? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit thereof. ^7And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. ^8And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart melt as his heart. ^9And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people. ^10When thou drawest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. ^11And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee. ^12And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: ^13and when Jehovah thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: ^14but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee. ^15Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. ^16But of the cities of these peoples, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth; ^17but thou shalt utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee; ^18that they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so would ye sin against Jehovah your God. ^19When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by wielding an axe against them; for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of thee? ^20Only the trees of which thou knowest that they are not trees for food, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 21 21 ^1If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him; ^2then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: ^3and it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; ^4and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley. ^5And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be. ^6And all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley; ^7and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. ^8Forgive, O Jehovah, thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and suffer not innocent blood to remain in the midst of thy people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them. ^9So shalt thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah. ^10When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive, ^11and seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife; ^12then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; ^13and she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. ^14And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not deal with her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her. ^15If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated; ^16then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born: ^17but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his. ^18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them; ^19then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; ^20and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. ^21And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. ^22And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree; ^23his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for he that is hanged is accursed of God; that thou defile not thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 22 22 ^1Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely bring them again unto thy brother. ^2And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it home to thy house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him. ^3And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his garment; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found: thou mayest not hide thyself. ^4Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again. ^5A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment; for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah thy God. ^6If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: ^7thou shalt surely let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. ^8When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence. ^9Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole fruit be forfeited, the seed which thou hast sown, and the increase of the vineyard. ^10Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. ^11Thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together. ^12Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four borders of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself. ^13If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, ^14and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in her the tokens of virginity; ^15then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate; ^16and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; ^17and, lo, he hath laid shameful things to her charge, saying, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city. ^18And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him; ^19and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. ^20But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel; ^21then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. ^22If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel. ^23If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; ^24then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them to death with stones; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbor's wife: so thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee. ^25But if the man find the damsel that is betrothed in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only that lay with her shall die: ^26but unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter; ^27for he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. ^28If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; ^29then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her; he may not put her away all his days. ^30A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 23 23 ^1He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah. ^2A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Jehovah. ^3An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of Jehovah for ever: ^4because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. ^5Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but Jehovah thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee. ^6Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. ^7Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a sojourner in his land. ^8The children of the third generation that are born unto them shall enter into the assembly of Jehovah. ^9When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing. ^10If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of that which chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp: ^11but it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he shall come within the camp. ^12Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: ^13and thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee: ^14for Jehovah thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. ^15Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant that is escaped from his master unto thee: ^16he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleaseth him best: thou shalt not oppress him. ^17There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel. ^18Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God. ^19Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that is lent upon interest: ^20unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest, that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it. ^21When thou shalt vow a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. ^22But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. ^23That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt observe and do; according as thou hast vowed unto Jehovah thy God, a freewill-offering, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. ^24When thou comest into thy neighbor's vineyard, then thou mayest eat of grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. ^25When thou comest into thy neighbor's standing grain, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbor's standing grain. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 24 24 ^1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. ^2And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. ^3And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife; ^4her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before Jehovah: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. ^5When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken. ^6No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge. ^7If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. ^8Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. ^9Remember what Jehovah thy God did unto Miriam, by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt. ^10When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. ^11Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee. ^12And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge; ^13thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God. ^14Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates: ^15in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee. ^16The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. ^17Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge; ^18but thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. ^19When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands. ^20When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow. ^21When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow. ^22And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 25 25 ^1If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked; ^2and it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number. ^3Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. ^4Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the grain. ^5If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her. ^6And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel. ^7And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother unto me. ^8Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand, and say, I like not to take her; ^9then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother's house. ^10And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. ^11When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets; ^12then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity. ^13Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small. ^14Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small. ^15A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. ^16For all that do such things, even all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God. ^17Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt; ^18how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. ^19Therefore it shall be, when Jehovah thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 26 26 ^1And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein, ^2that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring in from thy land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee; and thou shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there. ^3And thou shalt come unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto Jehovah thy God, that I am come unto the land which Jehovah sware unto our fathers to give us. ^4And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, and set it down before the altar of Jehovah thy God. ^5And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous. ^6And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage: ^7and we cried unto Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression; ^8and Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders; ^9and he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. ^10And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which thou, O Jehovah, hast given me. And thou shalt set it down before Jehovah thy God, and worship before Jehovah thy God: ^11and thou shalt rejoice in all the good which Jehovah thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thy house, thou, and the Levite, and the sojourner that is in the midst of thee. ^12When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then thou shalt give it unto the Levite, to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled. ^13And thou shalt say before Jehovah thy God, I have put away the hallowed things out of my house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandment which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed any of thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them: ^14I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I put away thereof, being unclean, nor given thereof for the dead: I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God; I have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. ^15Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the ground which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. ^16This day Jehovah thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. ^17Thou hast avouched Jehovah this day to be thy God, and that thou wouldest walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and hearken unto his voice: ^18and Jehovah hath avouched thee this day to be a people for his own possession, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; ^19and to make thee high above all nations that he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest be a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, as he hath spoken. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 27 27 ^1And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment which I command you this day. ^2And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over the Jordan unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster: ^3and thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over; that thou mayest go in unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath promised thee. ^4And it shall be, when ye are passed over the Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. ^5And there shalt thou build an altar unto Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt lift up no iron tool upon them. ^6Thou shalt build the altar of Jehovah thy God of unhewn stones; and thou shalt offer burnt-offerings thereon unto Jehovah thy God: ^7and thou shalt sacrifice peace-offerings, and shalt eat there; and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God. ^8And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly. ^9And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and hearken, O Israel: this day thou art become the people of Jehovah thy God. ^10Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. ^11And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, ^12These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. ^13And these shall stand upon mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. ^14And the Levites shall answer, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, ^15Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. ^16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^17Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^18Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^19Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^20Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^21Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^22Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^23Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^24Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^25Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. ^26Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 28 28 ^1And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth: ^2and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God. ^3Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. ^4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock. ^5Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough. ^6Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. ^7Jehovah will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee: they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways. ^8Jehovah will command the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and he will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. ^9Jehovah will establish thee for a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, and walk in his ways. ^10And all the peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of Jehovah; and they shall be afraid of thee. ^11And Jehovah will make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers to give thee. ^12Jehovah will open unto thee his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. ^13And Jehovah will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them, ^14and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. ^15But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee. ^16Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. ^17Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough. ^18Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock. ^19Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. ^20Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. ^21Jehovah will make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he hath consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to possess it. ^22Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. ^23And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. ^24Jehovah will make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. ^25Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth. ^26And thy dead body shall be food unto all birds of the heavens, and unto the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away. ^27Jehovah will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. ^28Jehovah will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart; ^29and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee. ^30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof. ^31Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save thee. ^32Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people; and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand. ^33The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway; ^34so that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. ^35Jehovah will smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the crown of thy head. ^36Jehovah will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. ^37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away. ^38Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it. ^39Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worm shall eat them. ^40Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast its fruit. ^41Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity. ^42All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess. ^43The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower. ^44He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. ^45And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: ^46and they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. ^47Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; ^48therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies that Jehovah shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. ^49Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; ^50a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young, ^51and shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; that also shall not leave thee grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flock, until they have caused thee to perish. ^52And they shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land; and they shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee. ^53And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, whom Jehovah thy God hath given thee, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee. ^54The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining; ^55so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he hath nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in all thy gates. ^56The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, ^57and toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. ^58If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD; ^59then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. ^60And he will bring upon thee again all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. ^61Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will Jehovah bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. ^62And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God. ^63And it shall come to pass, that, as Jehovah rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Jehovah will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it. ^64And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone. ^65And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot: but Jehovah will give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul; ^66and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear night and day, and shalt have no assurance of thy life. ^67In the morning thou shalt say, Would it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would it were morning! for the fear of thy heart which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. ^68And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 29 29 ^1These are the words of the covenant which Jehovah commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. ^2And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that Jehovah did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; ^3the great trials which thine eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders: ^4but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. ^5And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxed old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxed old upon thy foot. ^6Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God. ^7And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them: ^8and we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the Manassites. ^9Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. ^10Ye stand this day all of you before Jehovah your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel, ^11your little ones, your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water; ^12that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day; ^13that he may establish thee this day unto himself for a people, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he spake unto thee, and as he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. ^14Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath, ^15but with him that standeth here with us this day before Jehovah our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day ^16(for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which ye passed; ^17and ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them); ^18lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; ^19and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry. ^20Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven. ^21And Jehovah will set him apart unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law. ^22And the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses wherewith Jehovah hath made it sick; ^23and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: ^24even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? ^25Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, ^26and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that he had not given unto them: ^27therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse that is written in this book; ^28and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day. ^29The secret things belong unto Jehovah our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 30 30 ^1And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither Jehovah thy God hath driven thee, ^2and shalt return unto Jehovah thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul; ^3that then Jehovah thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee. ^4If any of thine outcasts be in the uttermost parts of heaven, from thence will Jehovah thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: ^5and Jehovah thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. ^6And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. ^7And Jehovah thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, that persecuted thee. ^8And thou shalt return and obey the voice of Jehovah, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day. ^9And Jehovah thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good: for Jehovah will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers; ^10if thou shalt obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn unto Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. ^11For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off. ^12It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it? ^13Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it? ^14But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. ^15See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; ^16in that I command thee this day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it. ^17But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; ^18I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish; ye shall not prolong your days in the land, whither thou passest over the Jordan to go in to possess it. ^19I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed; ^20to love Jehovah thy God, to obey his voice, and to cleave unto him; for he is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 31 31 ^1And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. ^2And he said unto them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. ^3Jehovah thy God, he will go over before thee; he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt dispossess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken. ^4And Jehovah will do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and unto their land; whom he destroyed. ^5And Jehovah will deliver them up before you, and ye shall do unto them according unto all the commandment which I have commanded you. ^6Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them: for Jehovah thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. ^7And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage: for thou shalt go with this people into the land which Jehovah hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. ^8And Jehovah, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. ^9And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and unto all the elders of Israel. ^10And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, ^11when all Israel is come to appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. ^12Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Jehovah your God, and observe to do all the words of this law; ^13and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Jehovah your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it. ^14And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting. ^15And Jehovah appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent. ^16And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. ^17Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us? ^18And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods. ^19Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach thou it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. ^20For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxed fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant. ^21And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they frame this day, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. ^22So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. ^23And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee. ^24And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, ^25that Moses commanded the Levites, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying, ^26Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. ^27For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah; and how much more after my death? ^28Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them. ^29For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. ^30And Moses spake in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 32 32 ^1Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth. ^2My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb. ^3For I will proclaim the name of Jehovah: Ascribe ye greatness unto our God. ^4The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he. ^5They have dealt corruptly with him, they are not his children, it is their blemish; They are a perverse and crooked generation. ^6Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee. ^7Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee. ^8When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel. ^9For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. ^10He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye. ^11As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions. ^12Jehovah alone did lead him, And there was no foreign god with him. ^13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he did eat the increase of the field; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock; ^14Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou drankest wine. ^15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. ^16They moved him to jealousy with strange gods; With abominations provoked they him to anger. ^17They sacrificed unto demons, which were no God, To gods that they knew not, To new gods that came up of late, Which your fathers dreaded not. ^18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, And hast forgotten God that gave thee birth. ^19And Jehovah saw it, and abhorred them, Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters. ^20And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness. ^21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. ^22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains. ^23I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them: ^24They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust. ^25Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; It shall destroy both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs. ^26I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men; ^27Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this. ^28For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them. ^29Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end! ^30How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up? ^31For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges. ^32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter: ^33Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps. ^34Is not this laid up in store with me, Sealed up among my treasures? ^35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste. ^36For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth that their power is gone, And there is none remaining, shut up or left at large. ^37And he will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge; ^38Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your protection. ^39See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand. ^40For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever, ^41If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me. ^42I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy. ^43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: For he will avenge the blood of his servants, And will render vengeance to his adversaries, And will make expiation for his land, for his people. ^44And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. ^45And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel; ^46And he said unto them, Set your heart unto all the words which I testify unto you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, even all the words of this law. ^47For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it. ^48And Jehovah spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, ^49Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession; ^50and die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people: ^51because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. ^52For thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither into the land which I give the children of Israel. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 33 33 ^1And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. ^2And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law for them. ^3Yea, he loveth the people; All his saints are in thy hand: And they sat down at thy feet; Every one shall receive of thy words. ^4Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob. ^5And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together. ^6Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few. ^7And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of Judah, And bring him in unto his people. With his hands he contended for himself; And thou shalt be a help against his adversaries. ^8And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; ^9Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brethren, Nor knew he his own children: For they have observed thy word, And keep thy covenant. ^10They shall teach Jacob thine ordinances, And Israel thy law: They shall put incense before thee, And whole burnt-offering upon thine altar. ^11Bless, Jehovah, his substance, And accept the work of his hands: Smite through the loins of them that rise up against him, And of them that hate him, that they rise not again. ^12Of Benjamin he said, The beloved of Jehovah shall dwell in safety by him; He covereth him all the day long, And he dwelleth between his shoulders. ^13And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Jehovah be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath, ^14And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, And for the precious things of the growth of the moons, ^15And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills, ^16And for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof, And the good will of him that dwelt in the bush. Let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, And upon the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. ^17The firstling of his herd, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox: With them he shall push the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth: And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh. ^18And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; And, Issachar, in thy tents. ^19They shall call the peoples unto the mountain; There shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness: For they shall suck the abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures of the sand. ^20And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: He dwelleth as a lioness, And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head. ^21And he provided the first part for himself, For there was the lawgiver's portion reserved; And he came with the heads of the people; He executed the righteousness of Jehovah, And his ordinances with Israel. ^22And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp, That leapeth forth from Bashan. ^23And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, And full with the blessing of Jehovah, Possess thou the west and the south. ^24And of Asher he said, Blessed be Asher with children; Let him be acceptable unto his brethren, And let him dip his foot in oil. ^25Thy bars shall be iron and brass; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be. ^26There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help, And in his excellency on the skies. ^27The eternal God is thy dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy. ^28And Israel dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yea, his heavens drop down dew. ^29Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places. __________________________________________________________________ Deuteronomy 34 34 ^1And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, ^2and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the hinder sea, ^3and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar. ^4And Jehovah said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. ^5So Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Jehovah. ^6And he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. ^7And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. ^8And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended. ^9And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^10And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom Jehovah knew face to face, ^11in all the signs and the wonders, which Jehovah sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, ^12and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel. __________________________________________________________________ The Book of Joshua __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 1 1 ^1Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, ^2Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. ^3Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spake unto Moses. ^4From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border. ^5There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life. as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. ^6Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them. ^7Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest. ^8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. ^9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. ^10Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, ^11Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah your God giveth you to possess it. ^12And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, ^13Remember the word which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, saying, Jehovah your God giveth you rest, and will give you this land. ^14Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but ye shall pass over before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them; ^15until Jehovah have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising. ^16And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. ^17According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only Jehovah thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. ^18Whosoever he be that shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of good courage. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 2 2 ^1And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there. ^2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land. ^3And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land. ^4And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were: ^5and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye will overtake them. ^6But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. ^7And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. ^8And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; ^9and she said unto the men, I know that Jehovah hath given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. ^10For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. ^11And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath. ^12Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token; ^13and that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death. ^14And the men said unto her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business; and it shall be, when Jehovah giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. ^15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. ^16And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. ^17And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. ^18Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt gather unto thee into the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household. ^19And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. ^20But if thou utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. ^21And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. ^22And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. ^23Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had befallen them. ^24And they said unto Joshua, Truly Jehovah hath delivered into our hands all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 3 3 ^1And Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over. ^2And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp; ^3and they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. ^4Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore. ^5And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Jehovah will do wonders among you. ^6And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people. ^7And Jehovah said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. ^8And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall stand still in the Jordan. ^9And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God. ^10And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite. ^11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into the Jordan. ^12Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man. ^13And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap. ^14And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests that bare the ark of the covenant being before the people; ^15and when they that bare the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest,) ^16that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. ^17And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 4 4 ^1And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying, ^2Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, ^3and command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where ye shall lodge this night. ^4Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: ^5and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; ^6that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? ^7then ye shall say unto them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. ^8And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Jehovah spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. ^9And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests that bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day. ^10For the priests that bare the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. ^11And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of Jehovah passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. ^12And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them: ^13about forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before Jehovah unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. ^14On that day Jehovah magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. ^15And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying, ^16Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan. ^17Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of the Jordan. ^18And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime. ^19And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho. ^20And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal. ^21And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? ^22Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. ^23For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were passed over; ^24that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye may fear Jehovah your God for ever. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 5 5 ^1And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, that were by the sea, heard how that Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel. ^2At that time Jehovah said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. ^3And Joshua made him knives of lint, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. ^4And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people that came forth out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt. ^5For all the people that came out were circumcised; but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, they had not circumcised. ^6For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation, even the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah: unto whom Jehovah sware that he would not let them see the land which Jehovah sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. ^7And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them did Joshua circumcise: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. ^8And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the nation, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole. ^9And Jehovah said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of that place was called Gilgal, unto this day. ^10And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. ^11And they did eat of the produce of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes and parched grain, in the selfsame day. ^12And the manna ceased on the morrow, after they had eaten of the produce of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. ^13And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? ^14And he said, Nay; but as prince of the host of Jehovah am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? ^15And the prince of Jehovah's host said unto Joshua, Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 6 6 ^1Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. ^2And Jehovah said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor. ^3And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. ^4And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. ^5And it shall be, that, when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him. ^6And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Jehovah. ^7And they said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Jehovah. ^8And it was so, that, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Jehovah passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah followed them. ^9And the armed men went before the priests that blew the trumpets, and the rearward went after the ark, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went. ^10And Joshua commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. ^11So he caused the ark of Jehovah to compass the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. ^12And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Jehovah. ^13And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Jehovah went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; and the rearward came after the ark of Jehovah, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went. ^14And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days. ^15And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on the day they compassed the city seven times. ^16And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for Jehovah hath given you the city. ^17And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to Jehovah: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. ^18But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when ye have devoted it, ye take of the devoted thing; so would ye make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it. ^19But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy unto Jehovah: they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah. ^20So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets; and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. ^21And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. ^22And Joshua said unto the two men that had spied out the land, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. ^23And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; all her kindred also they brought out; and they set them without the camp of Israel. ^24And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Jehovah. ^25But Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel unto this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. ^26And Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Jehovah, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: with the loss of his first-born shall he lay the foundation thereof, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. ^27So Jehovah was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 7 7 ^1But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the children of Israel. ^2And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai. ^3And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few. ^4So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. ^5And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. ^6And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads. ^7And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan! ^8Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies! ^9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do for thy great name? ^10And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face? ^11Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff. ^12Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from among you. ^13Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, There is a devoted thing in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the devoted thing from among you. ^14In the morning therefore ye shall be brought near by your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which Jehovah taketh shall come near by families; and the family which Jehovah shall take shall come near by households; and the household which Jehovah shall take shall come near man by man. ^15And it shall be, that he that is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath; because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel. ^16So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: ^17and he brought near the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites: and he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: ^18and he brought near his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. ^19And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. ^20And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against Jehovah, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: ^21when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonish mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. ^22So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. ^23And they took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel; and they laid them down before Jehovah. ^24And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them up unto the valley of Achor. ^25And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? Jehovah shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones. ^26And they raised over him a great heap of stones, unto this day; and Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 8 8 ^1And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land; ^2And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: set thee an ambush for the city behind it. ^3So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night. ^4And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: ^5and I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city. And it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them; ^6and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them; ^7and ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand. ^8And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do: see, I have commanded you. ^9And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to the ambushment, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. ^10And Joshua arose up early in the morning, and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. ^11And all the people, even the men of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between him and Ai. ^12And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city. ^13So they set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers-in-wait that were on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. ^14And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city. ^15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. ^16And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. ^17And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. ^18And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city. ^19And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it; and they hasted and set the city on fire. ^20And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. ^21And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai. ^22And the others came forth out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. ^23And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. ^24And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. ^25And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. ^26For Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. ^27Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey unto themselves, according unto the word of Jehovah which he commanded Joshua. ^28So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day. ^29And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the eventide: and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, unto this day. ^30Then Joshua built an altar unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal, ^31as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, upon which no man had lifted up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, and sacrificed peace-offerings. ^32And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote, in the presence of the children of Israel. ^33And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the homeborn; half of them in front of mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel. ^34And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law. ^35There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners that were among them. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 9 9 ^1And it came to pass, when all the kings that were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; ^2that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. ^3But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, ^4they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins, old and rent and bound up, ^5and old and patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become mouldy. ^6And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make ye a covenant with us. ^7And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you? ^8And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? ^9And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of Jehovah thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, ^10and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth. ^11And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: and now make ye a covenant with us. ^12This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and is become mouldy: ^13and these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. ^14And the men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of Jehovah. ^15And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. ^16And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them. ^17And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim. ^18And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. ^19But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. ^20This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. ^21And the princes said unto them, Let them live: so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken unto them. ^22And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us? ^23Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. ^24And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that Jehovah thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing. ^25And now, behold, we are in thy hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. ^26And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. ^27And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto this day, in the place which he should choose. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 10 10 ^1Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them; ^2that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. ^3Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, ^4Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. ^5Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it. ^6And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against us. ^7So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor. ^8And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thy hands; there shall not a man of them stand before thee. ^9Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly; for he went up from Gilgal all the night. ^10And Jehovah discomfited them before Israel, and he slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. ^11And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. ^12Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon. ^13And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. ^14And there was no day like that before it or after it, that Jehovah hearkened unto the voice of a man: for Jehovah fought for Israel. ^15And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. ^16And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah. ^17And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah. ^18And Joshua said, Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them: ^19but stay not ye; pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for Jehovah your God hath delivered them into your hand. ^20And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities, ^21that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. ^22Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings unto me out of the cave. ^23And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon. ^24And it came to pass, when they brought forth those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the chiefs of the men of war that went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. ^25And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage: for thus shall Jehovah do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. ^26And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. ^27And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, unto this very day. ^28And Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof: he utterly destroyed them and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining; and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done unto the king of Jericho. ^29And Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah: ^30and Jehovah delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining in it; and he did unto the king thereof as he had done unto the king of Jericho. ^31And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: ^32and Jehovah delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel; and he took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. ^33Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. ^34And Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, unto Eglon; and they encamped against it, and fought against it; ^35and they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. ^36And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: ^37and they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls that were therein. ^38And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it: ^39and he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to the king thereof. ^40So Joshua smote all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded. ^41And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. ^42And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because Jehovah, the God of Israel, fought for Israel. ^43And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 11 11 ^1And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard thereof, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, ^2and to the kings that were on the north, in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west, ^3to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah. ^4And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. ^5And all these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel. ^6And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them; for to-morrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hock their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. ^7So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them. ^8And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them unto great Sidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining. ^9And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. ^10And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. ^11And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was none left that breathed: and he burnt Hazor with fire. ^12And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and he smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded. ^13But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. ^14And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any that breathed. ^15As Jehovah commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua: and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that Jehovah commanded Moses. ^16So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the lowland of the same; ^17from mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and put them to death. ^18Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. ^19There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: they took all in battle. ^20For it was of Jehovah to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses. ^21And Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities. ^22There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain. ^23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah spake unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land had rest from war. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 12 12 ^1Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward: ^2Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon; ^3and the Arabah unto the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and unto the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah: ^4and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, ^5and ruled in mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. ^6Moses the servant of Jehovah and the children of Israel smote them: and Moses the servant of Jehovah gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. ^7And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel smote beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; and Joshua gave it unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions; ^8in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: ^9the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; ^10the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; ^11the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; ^12the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; ^13the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; ^14the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; ^15the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; ^16the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; ^17the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; ^18the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one; ^19the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; ^20the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; ^21the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; ^22the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one; ^23the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one; ^24the king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 13 13 ^1Now Joshua was old and well stricken in years; and Jehovah said unto him, Thou art old and well stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. ^2This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites; ^3from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the border of Ekron northward, which is reckoned to the Canaanites; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim, ^4on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongeth to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the border of the Amorites; ^5and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath; ^6all the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians; them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only allot thou it unto Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. ^7Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. ^8With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them: ^9from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; ^10and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon; ^11and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salecah; ^12all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (the same was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); for these did Moses smite, and drove them out. ^13Nevertheless the children of Israel drove not out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel unto this day. ^14Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of Jehovah, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spake unto him. ^15And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families. ^16And their border was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain by Medeba; ^17Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, ^18and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, ^19and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mount of the valley, ^20and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth, ^21and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, that dwelt in the land. ^22Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among the rest of their slain. ^23And the border of the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof. ^24And Moses gave unto the tribe of Gad, unto the children of Gad, according to their families. ^25And their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah; ^26and from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; ^27and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border thereof, unto the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward. ^28This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof. ^29And Moses gave inheritance unto the half-tribe of Manasseh: and it was for the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families. ^30And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities: ^31and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children of Machir according to their families. ^32These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward. ^33But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: Jehovah, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spake unto them. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 14 14 ^1And these are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed unto them, ^2by the lot of their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe. ^3For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave no inheritance among them. ^4For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for their cattle and for their substance. ^5As Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land. ^6Then the children of Judah drew nigh unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that Jehovah spake unto Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning thee in Kadesh-barnea. ^7Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of Jehovah sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart. ^8Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God. ^9And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy foot hath trodden shall be an inheritance to thee and to thy children for ever, because thou hast wholly followed Jehovah my God. ^10And now, behold, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as he spake, these forty and five years, from the time that Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. ^11As yet I am as strong this day as I as in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in. ^12Now therefore give me this hill-country, whereof Jehovah spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities great and fortified: it may be that Jehovah will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Jehovah spake. ^13And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. ^14Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite unto this day; because that he wholly followed Jehovah, the God of Israel. ^15Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba; which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 15 15 ^1And the lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was unto the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south. ^2And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward; ^3and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka; ^4and it passed along to Azmon, and went out at the brook of Egypt; and the goings out of the border were at the sea: this shall be your south border. ^5And the east border was the Salt Sea, even unto the end of the Jordan. And the border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan; ^6and the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; ^7and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel; ^8and the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the side of the Jebusite southward (the same is Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the uttermost part of the vale of Rephaim northward; ^9and the border extended from the top of the mountain unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath-jearim); ^10and the border turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah; ^11and the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. ^12And the west border was to the great sea, and the border thereof. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families. ^13And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron). ^14And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. ^15And he went up thence against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher. ^16And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. ^17And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. ^18And it came to pass, when she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said, What wouldest thou? ^19And she said, Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. ^20This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. ^21And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, ^22and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, ^23and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, ^24Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, ^25and Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron (the same is Hazor), ^26Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, ^27and Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet, ^28and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah, ^29Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem, ^30and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, ^31and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, ^32and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages. ^33In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah, ^34and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam, ^35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, ^36and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages. ^37Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad, ^38and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, ^39Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, ^40and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Chitlish, ^41and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages. ^42Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, ^43and Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, ^44and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages. ^45Ekron, with its towns and its villages; ^46from Ekron even unto the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages. ^47Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof. ^48And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, ^49and Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (the same is Debir), ^50and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, ^51and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages. ^52Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan, ^53and Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah, ^54and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages. ^55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah, ^56and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, ^57Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages. ^58Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, ^59and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages. ^60Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages. ^61In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah, ^62and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages. ^63And as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 16 16 ^1And the lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el; ^2and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth; ^3and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, unto the border of Beth-horon the nether, even unto Gezer; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. ^4And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. ^5And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: the border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper; ^6and the border went out westward at Michmethath on the north; and the border turned about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah; ^7and it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and reached unto Jericho, and went out at the Jordan. ^8From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families; ^9together with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. ^10And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and are become servants to do taskwork. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 17 17 ^1And this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. ^2So the lot was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families: for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families. ^3But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ^4And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren: therefore according to the commandment of Jehovah he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. ^5And there fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan; ^6because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged unto the rest of the sons of Manasseh. ^7And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. ^8The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim. ^9And the border went down unto the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook: these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh: and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and the goings out thereof were at the sea: ^10southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was his border; and they reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east. ^11And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights. ^12Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. ^13And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out. ^14And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as hitherto Jehovah hath blessed me? ^15And Joshua said unto them, If thou be a great people, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for thee. ^16And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth-shean and its towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel. ^17And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power; thou shalt not have one lot only: ^18but the hill-country shall be thine; for though it is a forest, thou shalt cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 18 18 ^1And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there: and the land was subdued before them. ^2And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance. ^3And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, hath given you? ^4Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me. ^5And they shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north. ^6And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring the description hither to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God. ^7For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them. ^8And the men arose, and went: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh. ^9And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua unto the camp at Shiloh. ^10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions. ^11And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. ^12And their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven. ^13And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether. ^14And the border extended thence, and turned about on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter. ^15And the south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim; and the border went out westward, and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah; ^16and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the vale of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel; ^17and it extended northward, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; ^18and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah; ^19and the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border. ^20And the Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders thereof round about, according to their families. ^21Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz, ^22and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el, ^23and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah, ^24and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages: ^25Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, ^26and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, ^27and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, ^28and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 19 19 ^1And the second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah. ^2And they had for their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, ^3and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem, ^4and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, ^5and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah, ^6and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages: ^7Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages: ^8and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. ^9Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance. ^10And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families; and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid; ^11and their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam; ^12and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia; ^13and from thence it passed along eastward to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretcheth unto Neah; ^14and the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon; and the goings out thereof were at the valley of Iphtah-el; ^15and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. ^16This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. ^17The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the children of Issachar according to their families. ^18And their border was unto Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, ^19and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath, ^20and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez, ^21and Remeth, and Engannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez, ^22and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh; and the goings out of their border were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. ^23This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages. ^24And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. ^25And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, ^26and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath; ^27and it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand, ^28and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Sidon; ^29and the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea by the region of Achzib; ^30Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. ^31This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. ^32The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. ^33And their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adaminekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum; and the goings out thereof were at the Jordan; ^34and the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrising. ^35And the fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, ^36and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, ^37and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor, ^38And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. ^39This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages. ^40The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. ^41And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, ^42and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah, ^43and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron, ^44and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, ^45and Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon, ^46and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa. ^47And the border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. ^48This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. ^49So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by the borders thereof; and the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them: ^50according to the commandment of Jehovah they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and dwelt therein. ^51These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 20 20 ^1And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying, ^2Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by Moses, ^3that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly and unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood. ^4And he shall flee unto one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. ^5And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unawares, and hated him not beforetime. ^6And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. ^7And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah. ^8And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. ^9These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person unwittingly might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 21 21 ^1Then came near the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel; ^2and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. ^3And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs. ^4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. ^5And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. ^6And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. ^7The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. ^8And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by Moses. ^9And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name: ^10and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot. ^11And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. ^12But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. ^13And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs, ^14and Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs, ^15and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs, ^16and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. ^17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs, ^18Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities. ^19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. ^20And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. ^21And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs, ^22and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities. ^23And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs, ^24Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; four cities. ^25And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; two cities. ^26All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs. ^27And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah with its suburbs; two cities. ^28And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs, ^29Jarmuth with its suburbs, En-gannim with its suburbs; four cities. ^30And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs, ^31Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities. ^32And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities. ^33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. ^34And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs, ^35Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities. ^36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs, ^37Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities. ^38And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs, ^39Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all. ^40All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities. ^41All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. ^42These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities. ^43So Jehovah gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. ^44And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand. ^45There failed not aught of any good thing which Jehovah had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 22 22 ^1Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, ^2and said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, and have hearkened unto my voice in all that I commanded you: ^3ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your God. ^4And now Jehovah your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he spake unto them: therefore now turn ye, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan. ^5Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. ^6So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went unto their tents. ^7Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but unto the other half gave Joshua among their brethren beyond the Jordan westward; moreover when Joshua sent them away unto their tents, he blessed them, ^8and spake unto them, saying, Return with much wealth unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. ^9And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses. ^10And when they came unto the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look upon. ^11And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertaineth to the children of Israel. ^12And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war. ^13And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, ^14and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel. ^15And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, ^16Thus saith the whole congregation of Jehovah, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following Jehovah, in that ye have builded you an altar, to rebel this day against Jehovah? ^17Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of Jehovah, ^18that ye must turn away this day from following Jehovah? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to-day against Jehovah, that to-morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. ^19Howbeit, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of Jehovah, wherein Jehovah's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against Jehovah, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of Jehovah our God. ^20Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. ^21Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spake unto the heads of the thousands of Israel, ^22The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, the Mighty One, God, Jehovah, he knoweth; and Israel he shall know: if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah (save thou us not this day,) ^23that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Jehovah; or if to offer thereon burnt-offering or meal-offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, let Jehovah himself require it; ^24and if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with Jehovah, the God of Israel? ^25for Jehovah hath made the Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no portion in Jehovah: so might your children make our children cease from fearing Jehovah. ^26Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice: ^27but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of Jehovah before him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no portion in Jehovah. ^28Therefore said we, It shall be, when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you. ^29Far be it from us that we should rebel against Jehovah, and turn away this day from following Jehovah, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Jehovah our God that is before his tabernacle. ^30And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them well. ^31And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we know that Jehovah is in the midst of us, because ye have not committed this trespass against Jehovah: now have ye delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of Jehovah. ^32And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. ^33And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spake no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and the children of Gad dwelt. ^34And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: For, said they, it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God. __________________________________________________________________ Joshua 23 23 ^1And it came to pass after many days, when Jehovah had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years; ^2that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and well stricken in years: ^3and